Originally Posted by
jgedwa
I live in Carlisle, PA. Pop around 20,000 or so in the middle of a bright red part of a barely blue state. The city pushed through a complete streets movement last year, and to judge from the voices I hear, people are pissed off about it. But it will be done this summer. I am looking forward to it vastly changing the town for the better. And if it does not, then I expect that the town leadership will be run to the edge of town.
jim
I'm glad that activists in my city decided to go the route of getting Complete Streets passed on the ballot, rather than just enacted by City Council. It probably took a lot more time and money to do it that way, but now it can be said that the
people want room for non-motorized traffic--even though we are one of the major auto-producing cities in the world.
It's great reading here about the efforts being taken for Complete Streets all over the country. IMO, this is mainly a local issue--even though it is shared by almost every community in America, if not the world. Local action is the way to make a difference--and one voice (yours or mine) has a real impact on this level.