Streets are for people. Complete Streets ensure that streets are for everyone, making them work for people who bike, walk, use transit as well as people who drive and use delivery vehicles. Complete Streets should be easy to travel along and simple to cross. Approximately 50 cities in Washington state have adopted ordinances requiring them to consider all users in the design, construction and repair or new and existing streets. Complete streets are places that are safe for everyone.
In 2011 the Washington State Legislature created a Complete Streets award program to incentivize the adoption of ordinances across the state and this was funded in the 2015 legislative session. The Transportation Improvement Board is looking to award jurisdictions that have shown a strong commitment to the complete streets ethic in policies and projects. Cascade is proud to be one of the nominating organizations for this award which will offer over $10 million in funding over two years with potential awards of $250,000 and $500,000 depending on level of complete streets integration and design.
If your jurisdiction is interested in being nominated by Cascade Bicycle Club, please complete the following application and return to jeffa@cascade.org by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.
Please limit responses to four pages total and submit via PDF attachment to the email. Please include the following information:
Jurisdiction:
Contact Person/Title:
Department:
Email:
Phone:
Website:
Address:
City:
Zipcode:
- Please attach a copy of your Complete Streets Ordinance.
- What plans, policies or programs show the Complete Streets ethic? (Exampes: bike/ped/transit master plan(s), bicycle advisory board, complete streets worksheets for new projects or other documents.)
- Please highlight up to three projects in your community that showcase safe, comfortable and useful bike infrastructure that made a street more complete and created safe routes or support economic development.
- How does the jurisdiction engage stakeholders in Complete Streets projects to ensure all modes are considered?
- How does the jurisdiction measure success of its Complete Streets Ordinance?
Please limit your answers to four pages and return to jeffa@cascade.org by Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.
For jurisdictions interested in learning more and adopting an ordinance in the future, the following resources will be helpful:
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