WHAT ARE COMPLETE STREETS?

From COMPLETE & GREEN STREETS FOR ALL MODEL COMPLETE STREETS POLICY & GUIDE:

Complete Streets are designed and operated with the safety, mobility, and accessibility needs of users of all ages and abilities in mind. Complete Streets also refers to a new approach to making transportation decisions that more and more of New Jersey counties and municipalities are adopting.

The Model Policy’s municipal/county “Resolution to Establish and Adopt a Complete Streets Policy” defines Complete Streets as: “…a means to provide a comprehensive, integrated, connected multi-modal network of transportation options through planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of new and retrofit transportation facilities along the entire right-of-way for all users of all ages and abilities. “All users” include pedestrians, bicyclists, persons with disabilities, motorists, movers of commercial goods, and transit vehicle users.”

Adopting a Complete Streets policy represents a commitment by a municipality, county, or state to apply Complete Streets principles and goals to all transportation decisions. Instituting a Complete Streets policy means putting into place a process for routinely making transportation investments and decisions that result in Complete Streets on the ground.