Bipartisan Bill Proposes National Complete Streets Policy 

"cuts_off_prius" (cutsoffprius) 05/05/2015 at 17:31 • Filed to: None

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Since transportation is completely relevant to Jalopnik, I thought this was interesting.

Streets that safely accommodate everyone, from motorists to cyclists, pedestrians, and transit users — complete streets — have become policy for many American communities, having been implemented in more than 700 local jurisdictions and states around the country. A new bill in Washington attempts, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , to make complete streets the federal standard as well.

Kind of like what the rest of the world has been doing for decades.

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I must say I do like the aesthetics of complete streets.

For Sweden > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 17:33

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A bus lane on every American street is a horrific idea.

cuts_off_prius > For Sweden 05/05/2015 at 17:42

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That would be stupid. It would be like guidelines to make streets, but one would hope planners would use prudence in where bus lanes would be more appropriate. Although most of America is not city, as opposed to the pictures, so it would be interesting in how they would implement this policy.

E. Julius > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 17:43

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Maybe I’d agree to it if we were capable of maintaining the apparently incomplete streets we already have. Hooray if it’s worked out well for some rich silicon valley enclave or whatever, but there’s no need for the federal government to put further demand on local infrastructure in places that don’t have the budgets for it. If funding is included, then I will gladly look into the bill more and reevaluate my position.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 17:43

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Unless they plan on magically making 90% of the roads in American twice as wide, this will never happen. It’s an interesting idea but even medium size cities have a lot of two or four lane roads that would not be able to accommodate this change at all. This, quite simply, is not possible where I live (a large suburban town outside of New York with a very busy town center).

Kailand09 > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 17:47

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Unlikely, though I think bicycles and motor vehicles should not share the road.

cuts_off_prius > E. Julius 05/05/2015 at 17:50

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Seeing how Chicago currently maintains its roads, all that painted stuff on the roads would be vanished by the end of the year and stay that way indefinitely.

cuts_off_prius > Kailand09 05/05/2015 at 17:53

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I agree. The speed differential is too great for bicyclists. I think they should have a separate path to ride on.

jariten1781 > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 17:54

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If 30 States (from their site) have already adopted it, there doesn’t really seem to be a need for a federal mandate. If it truly is better/cheaper/whatever the other states will pick it up as a matter of course.

I’m very wary of forcing guidelines developed by some third party group that’s only existed for less than a decade on road projects that get fed dollars (most projects I’d assume) as a whole.

djmt1 > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 18:00

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If this goes through than bar the height of burgers, New York and London are the same place.

Snooder87 > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 18:10

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See, I look at those photos and all I see is less lanes for cars to drive on. That’s not a good outcome.

Kailand09 > cuts_off_prius 05/05/2015 at 18:40

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Not only speed, but mass differential as well. You’re talking double bad things going on there.

I think it is simply insane to share the road, except maybe for slow local roadways (25mph side streets).

wiffleballtony > cuts_off_prius 05/06/2015 at 00:48

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So basically take a four lane road, make it two lanes for traffic, and the others can be used by busses that are largely empty and the other with self important cyclists. Meanwhile traffic congestion doubles.