Laura Sandt’s Post

A Complete Streets policy is only as good as the change it fosters to create safe, accessible, and equitable communities. In this new report, From Policy to Practice: A Guide to Measuring Complete Streets Progress, our partners at Smart Growth America make the case for why measuring Complete Streets progress is essential—and how to do it right. In it, they outline 100 different ways Complete Streets progress is being measured to show local agencies how they can effectively evaluate their impact. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eJ6CaTPX

Our new report, From Policy to Practice: A Guide to Measuring Complete Streets Progress, makes the case for why measuring #CompleteStreets is essential for meeting a community’s goals. With case studies illustrating best practices and a menu of 100 measures to choose from, the report provides local agencies with the tools they need to evaluate their success and helps advocates hold their leaders accountable. Learn more ⤵ https://lnkd.in/g7BxYFV4

This seems like a real problem & serious safety issue!! Certainly, a neighborhood concern that should be addressed somehow. As candidate for #FirstWard #GR City Commission, I find it unacceptable that residents don’t feel like their worries and insights are heard and responded to! I would have to learn more about what the city or commission could do to help here on this traffic safety situation but it does seem like something could and should be done if there is a problematic pattern. On this Next Door post, I have suggested reaching out to our two sitting commissioners and asking them for help or guidance. If a community meeting is held on this, maybe they would attend. I sure would — even now!! (So please invite me.) Also, follow me here or on Facebook https://lnkd.in/gkHVQ7sM AND visit https://lnkd.in/gbhtR3sW to connect. I will listen AND respond as your commissioner! 💯 _____ Original Post: ATTENTION NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!! — Nextdoor - Nextdoor https://lnkd.in/gjPXtcm5

Today, Strong Towns will be joined by an incredible panel of advocates, elected officials and technical professionals that will be sharing the power cities have to make their streets safer today. These leaders have moved beyond blame and taken the next smallest step to address the dangerous found on our streets. These are ideas and lessons that each of us can apply in our own communities. This powerhouse lineup will be sharing "Beyond Blame: How Cities Can Learn From Crashes To Create Safer Streets Today." You can join this virtual press conference through this link: https://lnkd.in/exuMBvr3

Other studies have reported on residential facilities and defined the success of programs as having residents who are “not dead, not high, not trafficked” (Ide and Mather 2019, p. 161). We, however, aim to define success in a more positive and affirming manner. https://lnkd.in/eyUC5NKx #sextrafficking #humantrafficking

Opportunities to help shape municipal planning include: - Single-use items survey - Affordable and supportive housing - Windsor Park rezoning - And more https://lnkd.in/geq4utGs #yegzoning #yegplanning

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has approved a plan to ban right turns on red at 200 downtown intersections, aiming to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist deaths, with plans to expand the program 'incrementally' into other neighborhoods due to resource constraints. https://lnkd.in/gbTNg22q #pedestriansafety #bicyclistsafety #roadsafety #urbansafety #safetyfirst

REVITALIZATION MATTERS: With accessible green spaces that have a positive influence on community well-being, the project will also enhance public health and safety. https://lnkd.in/gf7fHKe4

People living in Taunton, or who can share with Taunton networks, please take some time to tell us what you think is important to the town, so we can make sure this community review asks the right questions! #ccs #communityreview #listeningtothecommunity

5 minutes is less time than you normally need to read one waffly linkedin post (from me especially). If you're from Sheffield or the region then please do this 5 minute survey. It's 5 minutes, it's a survey, and it's about Sheffield. Get your thoughts heard. If you've got compliments then let them be known, and if you've got complaints definitely let them be known, but if you have ideas then definitely, definitely let them be known!! The city is continuing to change and evolve and this survey helps shape its future. What else are you going to spend 5 minutes on today that could get your voice heard? (Best keep that answer to yourself!)