A Complete Streets Policy for Saratoga Springs

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A Complete Streets Policy for Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs | 05/04/2012 11:11am |
Nadine Lemmon | Mobilizing the Region





A little over a year ago, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and local advocate Tobin Alexandra-Young brought together a wide variety of community stakeholders and leaders in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to develop a plan to make the city’s roads safer for all users. On Tuesday night, that effort — dubbed “Shared Access, Saratoga” — got its first victory when the Saratoga Springs City Council unanimously adopted the complete streets policy drafted by the group and immediately set up a schedule to appoint the new Shared Access Advisory Board.

The complete streets policy sets a high bar for New York municipalities and identifies items that the city must address soon, including:

* The appointment of advisory board members;

* The development of a complete streets checklist for all public and private projects; and

* Identifying regulations in the city’s zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations that could be enhanced to incorporate the new policy.

For the long term, the policy also calls for a plan that includes a map illustrating gaps in the city’s pedestrian, bicycle and transit infrastructure. .........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://americancity.org/daily/entry/saratoga-springs-adopts-complete-streets-policy