Complete Street: Ensuring Safe Travel for All

Complete Street is a design approach that puts forward the safety of all modes of travel, accommodating all ages and types of abilities. This is a system that provides alternatives to designing streets exclusive for motorised vehicles. The planning, design, implementation, management, retrofit and repair of a complete street revolves around serving all travel modes users and all communities, particularly the underserved and underinvested communities. A complete street includes multiple modes of travel such as bicycle, walking, buses, trams or other public transport modes and private vehicles. With the intricacy of cooperating with multiple modes of transport; clear & accountable expectation is crucial to be pursued by the various stakeholders involved, so that communication and governance of the project could run smoothly. Design must be implemented based on the local context and need of the street. Finally, an understandable performance measure that is specific, equitable and available to the public is crucial to ensure the success of the complete street project that continuously serves the community. 

Reference:

Young, D. R., Cradock, A. L., Eyler, A. A., Fenton, M., Pedroso, M., Sallis, J. F., & American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee. (2020). Creating built environments that expand active transportation and active living across the United States: a policy statement from the American heart association. Circulation, 142(11), e167-e183.

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