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Practical information for practitioners and activists who want to influence the way transportation projects are conceived, designed, and built
Accessible and inspiring account of the complete streets movement from one of its founders
Case studies from a diverse range of cities and towns across the United States, including many smaller communities in middle America that are often overlooked
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Across the country, communities are embracing a new and safer way to build streets for everyone—even as they struggle to change decades of rules, practice, and politics that prioritize cars. They have discovered that changing the design of a single street is not enough: they must upend the way transportation agencies operate. Completing Our Streets begins with the story of how the complete streets movement united bicycle riders, transportation practitioners and agencies, public health leaders, older Americans, and smart growth advocates to dramatically re-frame the discussion of transportation safety. Next, it explores why the transportation field has been so resistant to change—and how the movement has broken through to create a new multi-modal approach.
In Completing Our Streets, Barbara McCann, founder of the National Complete Streets Coalition, explains that the movement is not about street design. Instead, practitioners and activists have changed the way projects are built by focusing on three strategies: reframe the conversation; build a broad base of political support; and provide a clear path to a multi-modal process. McCann shares stories of practitioners in cities and towns from Charlotte, North Carolina to Colorado Springs, Colorado who have embraced these strategies to fundamentally change the way transportation projects are chosen, planned, and built.
The complete streets movement is based around a simple idea: streets should be safe for people of all ages and abilities, whether they are walking, driving, bicycling, or taking the bus. Completing Our Streets gives practitioners and activists the strategies, tools, and inspiration needed to translate this idea into real and lasting change in their communities.
Authors and Affiliations
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McCann Consulting, Washington District of Columbia, USA
Barbara McCann
About the author
Barbara founded McCann Consulting in 2003 to work with government agencies, non-profits, and researchers, authoring numerous reports and articles on transportation, health, and land use. McCann is also a co-author of Sprawl Costs. Prior to establishing her own firm, McCann served as Director of Information and Research at Smart Growth America (SGA) where she authored the report Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl, the first research report documenting the relationship between sprawl and obesity. She worked at CNN as a writer and producer for 13 years during her first career as a journalist.
She lives in Washington, DC with her husband Bob Bloomfield.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Completing Our Streets
Book Subtitle: The Transition to Safe and Inclusive Transportation Networks
Authors: Barbara McCann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-432-1
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Barbara McCann 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-432-1Published: 15 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 208
Topics: Sustainable Development, Urbanism, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking