Safer Streets, Stronger Economics

This book describes how transportation agencies, for a small fraction of their budgets, can create a whole network of streets that work for people bicycling and walking. The book discusses how Complete Streets projects usually make streets safer. Compared to conventional transportation projects, Complete Streets projects encouraged more multimodal travel. More people walked, biked, and took transit on streets after their Complete Streets improvements than before. Automobile traffic increased in 13 cases and decreased in 19 cases. Complete Streets generally had fewer collisions and fewer injuries after their improvements. These safer conditions yield tangible financial benefits to individuals and families. Collectively, the projects included in this survey have averted $18.1 million in collision and injury costs. These cost savings can quickly outweigh the total cost of some projects. Complete Streets projects are normally cheap and can yield significant results.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/safer-streets-stronger-economies.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Smart Growth America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 10th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  National Complete Streets Coalition

  1707 L Street NW, Suite 1050
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 2015-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 47p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Complete streets; Crash injuries; Crashes; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Traffic safety; Walkability
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01565159
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 2015 9:23AM