This session introduces the challenges planning and other professionals are likely to face in achieving complete streets. Complete streets connect neighborhoods and communities through street realm that accommodates all modes of travel. Traditionally, much of the focus has been on auto travel which resulted in challenging build forms for other non-motorized forms of travel. Realizing complete streets will rely on reimagining the built form of our communities. Central to this reimagining are the professionals responsible for public infrastructure. This session draws on the results of research conducted to gain insight into transportation and associated professional’s perceptions of what constitutes a complete street.

The session is organized to promote session attendee’s individual and collective views of what constitutes a complete street. Specifically, the research results will be presented in the first 20 minutes of the session. Each of the three panelists will provide 5 minutes of personal reflection on the implications of the research results for implementation of complete streets. Finally, attendees will be shown a series of images of streets and asked to determine how well they represent complete streets. All attendees will use electronic polling devices to provide feedback. Polling results will be presented and panelists will provide initial comment with attendees providing additional reflections. The results of the image polling and discussion will be recorded.

The session will close with a summary of how the research results fit with the recorded impressions of the session attendees. This closing summary will identify the learning challenges facing professionals charged with complete streets implementation.

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Instructors:

Perry Gross AICP

(13 Ratings)