Complete Streets
MPO Resolution for support of Complete Streets
On September 15, 2011; the MPO Policy Board passed a resolution in support of Complete Streets. View the resolution.
Complete Streets
Complete Streets are planned, designed and operated to enable efficient and safe access for all users--pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities.
The City of Lawrence in partnership with Livewell Lawrence hosted the following two events in Lawrence.
Public Presentation:
On September 29th Carol Kachadoorian, a senior planner with the National Complete Streets Coalition presented an overview of complete streets this Wednesday, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Lawrence City Commission Room at City Hall.
Stakeholder Workshop:
On September 30th, thirty-two community stakeholders gathered for a
day long Complete Streets Workshop presented by Michael Moule, PE, PTOE
of Nelson/Nygaard in San Francisco and Carol Kachadoorian of Toole
Design's Maryland office. Participants had the opportunity to
learn how the Complete Streets approach can help achieve multiple
transportation, health and community goals.
Participants of the Complete Streets Workshop tour local roadways to explore how a Complete Streets Policy would impact what the built environment looks like.
Find the presentation and workshop slides below.
Lawrence KS Public Presentation September 29th, 2010
Complete Streets Workshop Slides September 30th, 2010
Find out some of the benefits of Complete Streets at the National Complete Streets Coalition links below.
- Children (pdf)
- People with Disabilities (pdf)
- Older Adults (pdf)
- Health (pdf)
- Public Transportation (pdf)
- Climate Change (pdf)
- Economic Revitalization (pdf)
- Gas Prices (pdf)
- Safety (pdf)
- Lower Transportation Costs (pdf)
- Ease Traffic Woes (pdf)
- Costs of Complete Streets (pdf)
- Change Travel Patterns (pdf)
- Create Livable Communities (pdf)
- Sustainable Complete Streets (pdf)
- Networks Complete Streets (pdf)
A partnership between the Lawrence Planning and Development Services Department and the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning-Urban Planning Department-Transportation Planning Implementation Class yielded the following report completed in May of 2010. View the full Complete Streets-Lawrence, Kansas- A Study of Considerations for the Future of Multimodal Transportation report by clicking the link below.
Complete Streets - Considerations for the Future of Multimodal Transportation Report
