Campaign Strategies for Complete Streets
If a community is routinely
building streets without
sidewalks or bike lanes,
the first step is to ”stop
the bleeding“ — and that
means passing a
“Complete
Streets” policy.
In the last five years, “Complete Streets” has grown into a national movement that demands all modes of transportation are considered when streets are designed. Substantial progress is being made at the federal, state, and local level - whenever local jurisdictions pass ”Complete Streets“ bills, walking and bicycling for transportation increase.
Complete streets workshops, ongoing campaign support, and technical assistance will help you:
- Develop a comprehensive campaign strategy;
- Identify and engage key stakeholders on specific aspects of complete streets that are important to them;
- Use media advocacy to build political will and community-wide support;
- Create the technical language for the policy.
“PedNet developed a campaign manual for building community and policymaker support that contributed to a successful Complete Streets campaign. I appreciated their insight and guidance throughout the process.”
–Melissa Brown, MPH, CHES,
Jefferson County Health Dept.
When the PedNet Coalition was founded in 2000, the priority was to ensure sidewalks and bicycle lanes were included on new streets in Columbia. It quickly became clear that the City’s street design policies needed to be amended so these facilities would be standard. The campaign lasted four years, involved hundreds of stakeholders, and eventually yielded Missouri’s first “Complete Streets” policy. Now PedNet helps other communities get complete streets.
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