Best Practice Action 11.3
GreenStep City Best Practices: Transportation
Living & Complete Streets No. 11
Create a network of green complete streets that improves city quality of life, public health, and adds value to surrounding properties.
Create a network of green complete streets that improves city quality of life, public health, and adds value to surrounding properties.
Modify a street in compliance with the city's complete streets policy.
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Summarize the complete streets elements - grey infrastructure such as adding sidewalks, bumpouts, bike lanes, truck routes, broad band, EV charging station, smart grid. |
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Summarize the complete streets (re)construction project and its green infrastructure elements - street trees, vegetation, rain gardens, permeable pavement, stormwater capture and re-use, EV charging, etc. Note if a utility franchise fee (vs. special assessments) was used. |
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Use the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System; use a Pavement Management Plan to incorporate complete street goals; implement a "dig once" plan/policy (installing conduit/other underground capacity that can accept future infrastructure such as fiber optics without digging up the street); report lower cost of project (capital costs and/or anticipated maintenance costs) compared to reconstructing roads with no changes. |
Nissa Tupper, Transportation and Public Health Planning Director, Office of Sustainability and Public Health, MN Dept. of Transportation: 651/366-4807, Nissa.Tupper@state.mn.us, www.dot.state.mn.us/complete-streets