Learn about what makes for a safe street, and the overlapping local, state, and federal laws and plans that dictate how your community is built and how community benefits are targeted.
- Smart Growth America describes America’s pedestrian safety crisis, and the policies needed to change it
- How the transportation network is designed and funded is the result of policies and budget decisions made at federal, state and local levels
- Complete Streets is a policy objective of safely accommodating all modes and types of users. Many places have adopted complete streets policies
- The “Safe Systems” Approach focuses not on individual behavior, but on the systemic issues that cause injuries and deaths
- Many cities and state have adopted “Vision Zero” – a policy goal of reducing deaths and serious injuries to zero
- The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is a federal document that has come to govern local street design
- Video: Requirements to include parking in new development have the effect of making places less walkable
- Video: The high price of free parking
- An overview of some policies that foster environments supportive of routine physical activity
- Vox examines how zoning is still being used to exclude people from desirable communities
- Video: Institutionalizing the change
