What is the best way to educate residents about the value of complete streets?
Show them pictures of existing local streets that are ‘complete’ side by side with photos of incomplete roads in areas where pedestrians and other users struggle. Explain that with a complete streets policy, all roads can be made nominally safe for pedestrians and other non-drivers (but also be clear that this is a flexible policy that won’t mandate a single ‘look’ for every road). Use the basic power-point provided on the complete streets webpage and fact sheets with statistics on the benefits of complete streets. In our experience, most people understand the benefits intuitively through photographs.
