Missouri is home to many examples of 'Complete Streets.' Our map demonstrates where they provide safety benefits across the state.
Complete Streets are defined by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition as "an approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enables safe access for all people who need to use them, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities."
Complete Streets can be established through roadway safety interventions. The Federal Highway Administration [FHWA] is working to improve safety on our roadways and began developing the 'Proven Safety Countermeasures Initiative' [PSCi] in 2008.
"FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures initiative (PSCi) is a collection of 28 countermeasures and strategies effective in reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on our Nation’s highways. Transportation agencies are strongly encouraged to consider widespread implementation of PSCs to accelerate the achievement of local, State, and National safety goals. These strategies are designed for all road users and all kinds of roads—from rural to urban, from high-volume freeways to less traveled two-lane State and county roads, from signalized crossings to horizontal curves, and everything in between. Each countermeasure addresses at least one safety focus area – speed management, intersections, roadway departures, or pedestrians/bicyclists – while others are crosscutting strategies that address multiple safety focus areas." (Via FHWA: Proven Safety Countermeasures)
The points on this map identify Complete Streets in practice across Missouri, and highlight real-life examples of the Federal Highway Administration's 'Proven Safety Countermeasures:'
Is your favorite Complete Streets example missing on this map? We are especially looking for rural Missouri examples, to demonstrate that complete streets safety interventions can be incorporated into the roadway designs of communities of any size. Use this form to share your favorite examples, and we will include them on the map:
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