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YOUR Support Needed To Get Bike Lanes and Crosswalks Included on Portage Street!
KALAMAZOO, May 24, 2017 – The Edison and Millwood Neighborhood Associations have contacted the Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo (CSC) to request our help in getting traffic calmed, bike lanes installed, and additional crosswalks positioned on Portage St. (from Stockbridge Ave. to Cork St.) through the implementation of an all-inclusive road diet plan.
Expressing satisfaction with the section of Portage St. from Stockbridge Ave. to Walnut St. that was road-dieted two years ago, both Associations and the CSC now request that this additional Portage St. section be treated the same. “Speeds on Portage St. are excessively fast,” says Jim Ferner, Director of Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo. “Drivers regularly travel 45 to 50 mph in the school zones and business districts on Portage St. The posted speed on this road is 30 mph. A road diet with protected bike lanes will improve safety for all users; it is five times more dangerous for cyclists to use sidewalks than dedicated bike lanes. Sidewalks without bikes are safer for pedestrians. For motorists, a left turn lane will make it safer to turn off Portage St.”
The Edison Neighborhood Association, Milwood Neighborhood Association, Edison Business Association and the CSC all wrote letters to the City Planning Commission and Engineering Department stating their endorsement for a road diet plan on this section of Portage St. In addition, the Edison groups and CSC have also requested that bike lanes and additional crosswalks be installed. To date, there has been no reply.
The current information CSC has is that the Planning Commission needs to vote to delay the project until a new plan with a road diet, protected bike lanes and more crosswalks are included.
We’d like to thank the City for the work it has done to make some streets safer for all users. However, we again ask what good is a Complete Streets policy if city residents have to continually address safety on a project by project basis? When will the overall paradigm transform to consider non-motorized user safety and usability equally with motorized traffic; eliminating the same “business as usual” approach? The time is NOW to slow traffic and include bike and pedestrian facilities on all city streets to make them safe for all users.
What SHOULD REALLY CONCERN US: If this proposed plan for restriping Portage St. is the template for Complete Streets in Kalamazoo, then cyclists and pedestrians are NO better off than what they had before a Complete Streets policy was developed.
Call or write Director Kik, 269-337-8893, [email protected] and the Planning Commission, 269-337-8076 [email protected] before they vote to approve this plan at the June 1st Planning Commission meeting (7:00 p.m., City Commission Chambers, Second Floor, City Hall, 241 W. South Street; you are encouraged to attend and tell them in person!) and tell them: “We demand that bicyclists and pedestrians be treated as equals to motorized traffic on Portage St; and that the repaving and restriping of Portage St. from Stockbridge to Cork St. include a road diet plan with protected bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. In addition, Complete Streets must be implemented on all streets throughout the City.” YOUR attendance is essential at the meeting to reinforce the message to the City!
KALAMAZOO, May 24, 2017 – The Edison and Millwood Neighborhood Associations have contacted the Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo (CSC) to request our help in getting traffic calmed, bike lanes installed, and additional crosswalks positioned on Portage St. (from Stockbridge Ave. to Cork St.) through the implementation of an all-inclusive road diet plan.
Expressing satisfaction with the section of Portage St. from Stockbridge Ave. to Walnut St. that was road-dieted two years ago, both Associations and the CSC now request that this additional Portage St. section be treated the same. “Speeds on Portage St. are excessively fast,” says Jim Ferner, Director of Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo. “Drivers regularly travel 45 to 50 mph in the school zones and business districts on Portage St. The posted speed on this road is 30 mph. A road diet with protected bike lanes will improve safety for all users; it is five times more dangerous for cyclists to use sidewalks than dedicated bike lanes. Sidewalks without bikes are safer for pedestrians. For motorists, a left turn lane will make it safer to turn off Portage St.”
The Edison Neighborhood Association, Milwood Neighborhood Association, Edison Business Association and the CSC all wrote letters to the City Planning Commission and Engineering Department stating their endorsement for a road diet plan on this section of Portage St. In addition, the Edison groups and CSC have also requested that bike lanes and additional crosswalks be installed. To date, there has been no reply.
The current information CSC has is that the Planning Commission needs to vote to delay the project until a new plan with a road diet, protected bike lanes and more crosswalks are included.
We’d like to thank the City for the work it has done to make some streets safer for all users. However, we again ask what good is a Complete Streets policy if city residents have to continually address safety on a project by project basis? When will the overall paradigm transform to consider non-motorized user safety and usability equally with motorized traffic; eliminating the same “business as usual” approach? The time is NOW to slow traffic and include bike and pedestrian facilities on all city streets to make them safe for all users.
What SHOULD REALLY CONCERN US: If this proposed plan for restriping Portage St. is the template for Complete Streets in Kalamazoo, then cyclists and pedestrians are NO better off than what they had before a Complete Streets policy was developed.
Call or write Director Kik, 269-337-8893, [email protected] and the Planning Commission, 269-337-8076 [email protected] before they vote to approve this plan at the June 1st Planning Commission meeting (7:00 p.m., City Commission Chambers, Second Floor, City Hall, 241 W. South Street; you are encouraged to attend and tell them in person!) and tell them: “We demand that bicyclists and pedestrians be treated as equals to motorized traffic on Portage St; and that the repaving and restriping of Portage St. from Stockbridge to Cork St. include a road diet plan with protected bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. In addition, Complete Streets must be implemented on all streets throughout the City.” YOUR attendance is essential at the meeting to reinforce the message to the City!
Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo Gives Harrison St. Roundabout Design “D+” For Bikes and Pedestrians
KALAMAZOO, May 10, 2017 - The proposed roundabout at the Harrison St. intersection will slow traffic immediately entering and exiting the roundabout, but what will slow traffic on the streets leading up to and away from the roundabout as you travel from Riverview to Kalamazoo along Gull, Ransom and Pitcher?
“Speeds on Gull, Ransom and Pitcher are excessively fast, according to a 2016 City traffic study,” says Jim Ferner, Director of Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo. “The posted speed on these roads is 30 mph. The study finds 85% of the drivers are traveling 40 to 45 mph. At that speed a bicyclist or pedestrian hit by a car has less than a 20% chance of living.”
Just as important, no accommodation has been designed into the roundabout for bicyclists and pedestrians to cross it safely. As drivers prepare to merge into the traffic circle the tendency is to look left for oncoming cars. Will they yield or look right for bicyclists and pedestrians trying to cross in the crosswalks? Two lanes of traffic westbound in the roundabout are unsafe to cross. How will bicyclists safely enter the proposed sidewalks upon approaching then exiting the intersection?
Additional concerns with the proposed design include: 1) The ability of bicyclists and pedestrians to cross Gull Rd. safely at the Kalamazoo Valley River Trail, and 2) The lack of bike lanes and pedestrian crossings to safely accommodate low income people in the area (as well as future residents in the imminently scheduled high density developments to be built along Gull Rd., Ransom St. and Pitcher St.)
We’d like to thank the City for its work to develop the current proposal because a roundabout is better than what is there now. However, the intersection design has gone from an ‘F’ to a ‘D’+. As citizens we demand this intersection design be a ‘B’+ or an ‘A’; a “better” design does not mean it is a “good” (or safe!) design.
Call or write your City Commissioners before they vote to approve this plan at their May 15 City Commission meeting and tell them: “We demand that bicyclists and pedestrians be treated as equals to motorized traffic on our City streets; not only for their safety, but also as drivers of the City’s economic engine, and that the construction of this intersection be delayed until its design becomes a ‘B+’ or preferably an ‘A’.
What SHOULD REALLY CONCERN US: If this proposed roundabout design is the template for Complete Streets in Kalamazoo then cyclists and pedestrians are only slightly better off than what we had before a Complete Streets policy.
KALAMAZOO, May 10, 2017 - The proposed roundabout at the Harrison St. intersection will slow traffic immediately entering and exiting the roundabout, but what will slow traffic on the streets leading up to and away from the roundabout as you travel from Riverview to Kalamazoo along Gull, Ransom and Pitcher?
“Speeds on Gull, Ransom and Pitcher are excessively fast, according to a 2016 City traffic study,” says Jim Ferner, Director of Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo. “The posted speed on these roads is 30 mph. The study finds 85% of the drivers are traveling 40 to 45 mph. At that speed a bicyclist or pedestrian hit by a car has less than a 20% chance of living.”
Just as important, no accommodation has been designed into the roundabout for bicyclists and pedestrians to cross it safely. As drivers prepare to merge into the traffic circle the tendency is to look left for oncoming cars. Will they yield or look right for bicyclists and pedestrians trying to cross in the crosswalks? Two lanes of traffic westbound in the roundabout are unsafe to cross. How will bicyclists safely enter the proposed sidewalks upon approaching then exiting the intersection?
Additional concerns with the proposed design include: 1) The ability of bicyclists and pedestrians to cross Gull Rd. safely at the Kalamazoo Valley River Trail, and 2) The lack of bike lanes and pedestrian crossings to safely accommodate low income people in the area (as well as future residents in the imminently scheduled high density developments to be built along Gull Rd., Ransom St. and Pitcher St.)
We’d like to thank the City for its work to develop the current proposal because a roundabout is better than what is there now. However, the intersection design has gone from an ‘F’ to a ‘D’+. As citizens we demand this intersection design be a ‘B’+ or an ‘A’; a “better” design does not mean it is a “good” (or safe!) design.
Call or write your City Commissioners before they vote to approve this plan at their May 15 City Commission meeting and tell them: “We demand that bicyclists and pedestrians be treated as equals to motorized traffic on our City streets; not only for their safety, but also as drivers of the City’s economic engine, and that the construction of this intersection be delayed until its design becomes a ‘B+’ or preferably an ‘A’.
What SHOULD REALLY CONCERN US: If this proposed roundabout design is the template for Complete Streets in Kalamazoo then cyclists and pedestrians are only slightly better off than what we had before a Complete Streets policy.
Harrison St. Roundabout: A Few Thoughts on Bike and Pedestrian Safety
By Matthew Lechel
CSC Advocate, Kalamazoo Bike Club Member
I wanted to offer comment and feedback on the proposed roundabout for Harrison St. and Gull Rd. in Kalamazoo. Before my comments, some detail and comment on the context leading up to this project. Before the context some vision.
The Vision
We not only want to make streets safer for the small percentage of people who are currently bikers and pedestrians. We also want to greatly increase access for the some 99% of people who do not feel safe riding a bike in Kalamazoo (or crossing a street downtown as a pedestrian). These changes are possible. We need a new mentality of Vision Zero, whereby every single instance of automobile violence is considered unnecessary and preventable. One reason Complete Streets make sense to focus on is: 1) our streets are extremely unsafe, limiting access for many, 2) we already spend millions on our roads annually, meaning when we decide to change the paradigm we have resources to utilize, and 3) these changes will not only literally save lives and reduce injury but also improve quality of life, address climate change, increase health/wellness, increase access and equity, and so much more.
The Context
A big thank you to a number of folks who are helping Kalamazoo turn a corner on safe, non-motorized infrastructure. We’ve made huge steps forward as of late. Specifically I’d like to acknowledge:
- Mayor Bobby Hopewell for his comments during the downtown Kalamazoo Imagine Kalamazoo presentation recently. To acknowledge that our streets are currently unsafe but have tremendous potential was a major step in the right direction.
- City Planner (now Community Planning and Development Director) Rebekah Kik’s comments to the Kalamazoo City Commission regarding Complete Streets. In general, Kik has been the single driving force for change in Kalamazoo’s streets.
- Commissioners Jack Urban and Matt Milcarek, along with Planner Kik and Mayor Hopewell, have been hugely helpful in meetings with MDOT to bring a road diet to W. Main St. and Kalamazoo Ave. during a $6 million repaving project this summer (MDOT has repeatedly said they will do nothing to change what one resident called the “river of death” on W. Main, but city leaders have been enormously helpful in holding MDOT accountable).
I can’t express how important these comments are. Even if they are just rhetoric at this point. For me, one aspect of being highly critical about the City’s role in our automobile violence epidemic, was lack of acknowledgment in public of how dangerous design has been the main driver of our unsafe streets. For me, the shift in rhetoric allows for a shift in strategy.
We now agree on the issue. Our streets are unsafe by design. We *mostly* agree on a vision moving forward. Now we can work together. Now, Complete Streets can be an advocate for the hard work ahead, instead of a critic of the issues we have. Let us be clear, hard work is ahead. We need each other.
The Harrison St. Roundabout
In regards to the Harrison St roundabout: roundabouts are good in general. Best practice roundabouts slow traffic and improve traffic flow for automobiles. I believe the proposed roundabout will improve safety for all street users. I do believe, as Mayor Hopewell said, that good work has been done here. That does not mean we can’t offer feedback and critique. In fact, feedback and critique will further improve the project. Good work doesn’t always mean that the results are good. Going from nothing to an inadequate solution is not acceptable anymore. We are looking for best practice solution for this roundabout as well as an example for future road projects.
We know the same engineers and the same system that created our unsafe streets are the ones who designed this project. We have acknowledged that the many millions of dollars of Kalamazoo city resources have been spent on projects that created unsafe streets. It would be disingenuous to pretend that has suddenly has gone away.
While I support the roundabout, I also want to make sure the City has heard the vision of protected bike lanes on Gull Rd, Harrison St., and Ransom St. We also want road diets on each of those roads to reduce travel lanes, add turn lanes, and most importantly, slow the speed of cars via good design.
Valid and important questions remain:
- How will people get on and off the shared pedestrian and bike path that the City says non-motorized users must use on the roundabout? The current places in the City of Kalamazoo where non-motorized path ends and starts leave *much* to be desired. Will that suddenly change on this project?
- Where will the path on Harrison St. take people without signage or crosswalks? Just as one example, the current spot to get on the KRVT from Harrison St. is filled with broken concrete and no signage, making it very dangerous for non-motorized users.
- What about the ultra-dangerous crossing of the KRVT on Gull Rd. just past the roundabout? We all agree this crossing is very unsafe, what are we waiting for to address it? I hope we don’t have to wait for a child to get hit by a car before changes happen. Let’s address this now.
- What are the long term plans for protected bike lanes to and from the roundabout?
- Has the City heard our vision for protected bike lanes and road diets (aka, a solution to the excessive speeding) to and from the roundabout?
- Is our design best practice?
- Could we align this project with future needs? The crossing of the KRVT at Gull Rd. is a great example; why not address that now, through this roundabout investment?
These questions do not exist in a vacuum. The City of Kalamazoo has a long track record of unsafe street design. I am excited that is changing but even right now, the downtown sections of the KRVT remain unsigned and overall unsafe (some having been built 18 months ago - like along Michi-Kal and the section by the People’s Food CO-OP). While they are a great start in the right direction, many of the same deep seated problems that plagued us in the past still plague these projects.
The idea that this feedback on the roundabout came at the last minute is false. I personally spoke to Jeff Chamberlain at length about this project and bike infrastructure when it was announced in 2012.
Let’s be clear, all engineering in our city is inherently political. Our city-built infrastructure is incredibly political. To deny so is to do a disservice to our city and its citizens and it is to continue down the path that brought us to these unsafe streets. Think of Robert Moses, infamous NYC planner who literally displaced poor people for auto dominated roads. These are real choices we get to make and the choices have benefits and consequences.
The thing is, our cities built infrastructure is something we directly control. Unlike symbolic messages to the White House (which are important in their own right) - we can dictate exactly how local money is spent. We can design in a way that reflects our values and improves safety and quality of life for our citizens.
As an example, how much money has Kalamazoo spent since long time City Commissioners David Anderson and Don Cooney have been on the commission? Likely tens of millions of dollars. Coupled with state and federal funding, that is likely hundreds of millions of dollars of real money spent in our community. And this is even when Kalamazoo was ‘broke’. The results, as the city has now admitted, are unsafe streets for all users. These are political decisions we have direct power over. Unfortunately we have let traffic engineers dictate these decisions, instead of our values. Let’s change this paradigm with every single project moving forward. This is our money. We can spend it in a way that reflects our values.
So consider me ‘for’ the roundabout. Consider me an advocate and champion of changes that will improve safety. And know that we have a lot of work left to be done. We don’t want to do the wrong thing better. These changes from how things have been done to how things need to be done will be very hard (understatement). The paradigm will not change without a fight. Hard questions and critical feedback are not only OK but required. But the changes will be worth it. These changes will literally save the lives of citizens in Kalamazoo, and improve the quality of life for all Kalamazoo citizens.
Let’s work together to make Kalamazoo a safer place for all street users, especially the most vulnerable. This is a step, let’s make sure it’s step in the right direction. Let’s make sure it’s step towards our values. Let’s connect this step to our broader goals- protected bike lanes, road diets, safer crossings and more. The city literally has this power right now.
What can YOU do to help?
I would encourage you to submit your thoughts to the City Commission and City staff. I have sent this to them - with an emphasis on the questions we have for the roundabout and urging them to announce plans for protected bike lanes and road diets (aka, slowing down the excessive speed of car drivers through better design) on the surrounding roads. You can send these thoughts, or your own vision and values, to the Commission and staff by emailing the folks below. The city currently plans to vote on the roundabout project on Monday May 15th.
- Jim Baker, Director of Public Utilities, [email protected], #337–8660
- Jim Hoekstra, Traffic Engineer, [email protected], #337–8612
- Jim Ritsema, City Manager, [email protected], #337–8047
- Rebekah Kik, Community Planning Director, [email protected] #337–8026
- Bobby Hopewell, Mayor, [email protected], #337–8046
- Don Cooney, Vice Mayor, [email protected], #349–3027
- David Anderson, City Commissioner, [email protected], #344–2169
- Jack Urban, City Commissioner, [email protected], #269–910–6761
- Matt Milcarek, City Commissioner, [email protected], #269–779–08150
- Shannon Sykes, City Commissioner, [email protected]
- Erin Knott, City Commissioner, [email protected], #269–910–6905
We now have an online petition calling for the City and MDOT to immediately begin the process of converting all downtown Kalamazoo area streets to “Complete Streets.”
Click HERE to eSign our petition - YOUR support is more important than you may think!
Click HERE to eSign our petition - YOUR support is more important than you may think!
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Proposed Rule change at USDOT - Please Sign the Petition
Dear Complete Streets supporter,
For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed new requirements for how states and metro areas will have to measure traffic congestion.
These new requirements will help us all understand what federal transportation dollars actually accomplish—an absolutely worthwhile goal. However, as it's currently written the proposal would measure success in outdated ways, prioritizing fast driving speeds above things like safety, equity, opportunity, and economic growth.
Join me in asking USDOT to improve this rule.
Focusing on delay is simply the wrong measure for addressing congestion. The rule as currently written fails to take into consideration people carpooling, taking transit, walking, or biking. Any traffic congestion measure should lead us to solutions that increase access to opportunity for everyone — regardless of how they travel each day.
This rule also treats highways the same as main streets — and that could do real harm to our most economically vibrant places. In the heart of a small town or along avenues where people are shopping, dining, walking, and enjoying an evening out, high driving speeds are not a recipe for success.
Tell USDOT to improve this rule: Sign the petition HERE from National Complete Streets Coalition.
Thank you.
Dear Complete Streets supporter,
For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed new requirements for how states and metro areas will have to measure traffic congestion.
These new requirements will help us all understand what federal transportation dollars actually accomplish—an absolutely worthwhile goal. However, as it's currently written the proposal would measure success in outdated ways, prioritizing fast driving speeds above things like safety, equity, opportunity, and economic growth.
Join me in asking USDOT to improve this rule.
Focusing on delay is simply the wrong measure for addressing congestion. The rule as currently written fails to take into consideration people carpooling, taking transit, walking, or biking. Any traffic congestion measure should lead us to solutions that increase access to opportunity for everyone — regardless of how they travel each day.
This rule also treats highways the same as main streets — and that could do real harm to our most economically vibrant places. In the heart of a small town or along avenues where people are shopping, dining, walking, and enjoying an evening out, high driving speeds are not a recipe for success.
Tell USDOT to improve this rule: Sign the petition HERE from National Complete Streets Coalition.
Thank you.
ENGINEERS SHOULD NOT DESIGN STREETS
By Charles Marohn
May 23, 2016
Last Friday I was participating in the 5th Annual Mayor's Bike Ride in Duluth following a week spent sharing the Strong Towns message on the Iron Range. The friendly woman riding next to me asked me what could be done to to better educate engineers so they would start to build streets that were about more than simply about moving cars. My answer rejected the premise of the question: We should not be asking engineers to design streets...you can read the full article HERE
By Charles Marohn
May 23, 2016
Last Friday I was participating in the 5th Annual Mayor's Bike Ride in Duluth following a week spent sharing the Strong Towns message on the Iron Range. The friendly woman riding next to me asked me what could be done to to better educate engineers so they would start to build streets that were about more than simply about moving cars. My answer rejected the premise of the question: We should not be asking engineers to design streets...you can read the full article HERE
PROPOSED KALAMAZOO CITY STREET PROJECTS - 2018, 2019, 2020
June 7, 2016
Major Street Projects
The City of Kalamazoo has a 6-year plan for Major Street Projects. Projects are proposed and are subject to change based on funding availability.
Local Street Projects
Local streets projects are set for 2016 and can be found HERE. Future year local streets will be evaluated once weather permits.
Federal Funding
The City of Kalamazoo has applied for federal funding for fiscal year 2018, 2019 and 2020 through the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study. Please visit their website HERE for updated ranking of projects.
The projects will be submitted to the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS) for funding from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Surface Transportation Program, National Highway Performance Program, and Transportation Alternative Program. Federal Funds are distributed to the City of Kalamazoo and other governmental organizations in the Greater Kalamazoo Area through KATS.
If you have any questions please contact:
City Engineer, Matt Johnson at 269-337-8717 or [email protected]
Assistant City Engineer, Debbie Jung at 269-337-8927 or [email protected]
June 7, 2016
Major Street Projects
The City of Kalamazoo has a 6-year plan for Major Street Projects. Projects are proposed and are subject to change based on funding availability.
Local Street Projects
Local streets projects are set for 2016 and can be found HERE. Future year local streets will be evaluated once weather permits.
Federal Funding
The City of Kalamazoo has applied for federal funding for fiscal year 2018, 2019 and 2020 through the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study. Please visit their website HERE for updated ranking of projects.
The projects will be submitted to the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS) for funding from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Surface Transportation Program, National Highway Performance Program, and Transportation Alternative Program. Federal Funds are distributed to the City of Kalamazoo and other governmental organizations in the Greater Kalamazoo Area through KATS.
If you have any questions please contact:
City Engineer, Matt Johnson at 269-337-8717 or [email protected]
Assistant City Engineer, Debbie Jung at 269-337-8927 or [email protected]
The Mission of the Complete Streets Coalition of Kalamazoo is to:
- To advocate for a safe, convenient, accessible transportation infrastructure for ALL users that enhances our downtown as a vibrant destination and our neighborhoods as great, connected places to live.
What's a "Complete Street?"
Started in Kalamazoo in 2013 as the "Safe Streets" Campaign, the Complete Streets concept embodies the concept of streets designed and operated to enable safe access for users of all ages and abilities, including pedestrians, bicyclists, people with disabilities, transit riders and all vehicle types, including motorists, public transportation, emergency responders, and delivery vehicles among others.
- To advocate for a safe, convenient, accessible transportation infrastructure for ALL users that enhances our downtown as a vibrant destination and our neighborhoods as great, connected places to live.
- Click HERE to see what YOU can do...
What's a "Complete Street?"
Started in Kalamazoo in 2013 as the "Safe Streets" Campaign, the Complete Streets concept embodies the concept of streets designed and operated to enable safe access for users of all ages and abilities, including pedestrians, bicyclists, people with disabilities, transit riders and all vehicle types, including motorists, public transportation, emergency responders, and delivery vehicles among others.
- Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities.
- Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations.
- Complete Street policies ensure that the entire right-of-way is planned, designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to provide safe access for all users.
An Example of a Complete Street
