Walking to Work in Middletown:

A great article about walking to work in Middletown, featuring Victoria Stahl of Wesleyan's faculty career development office.

Complete Streets Legislation is Gaining Momentum:

Illinois Passes 'Complete Streets':  FEDERAL LEGISLATION MAY BE INTRODUCED IN 2008

The Illinois legislature voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Rod Blagojevich's veto of legislation that contained Complete Streets provisions. The new law requires the Illinois Department of Transportation to include safe bicycling and walking facilities in all projects in urbanized areas, and is a victory for the movement to create complete streets that serve the needs of all road users. It is effective immediately for project planning and required in construction beginning August 2008.

Five other states have some form of complete streets law on the books, and eight states have adopted complete streets policies. The California legislature is considering a complete streets measure that requires all jurisdictions to plan roads for all travelers -- including transit users and disabled people. To date, more than 50 local jurisdictions have adopted complete streets measures.

The action may soon move to the federal level. Legislation is being drafted in both the House and Senate to require complete streets provisions. Bills are targeted for introduction in early 2008

The CD on topic is available:
Complete Streets
Published by American Institute of Certified Planners, 2007

CD-ROM

ISBN COMPSTR TCMPSD

List Price: $105.00

Make room for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users on your auto-oriented roads. Learn how the complete streets movement provides safe and convenient user access and more choice in transportation modes, and how it has become a major tool for planning to improve communities. Through programs that rethink the physical design of streets, complete streets make cities and towns more livable and appealing to all residents. Learn how communities overcome resistance and how some communities have funded these programs. CPD: 3

Faculty:
Barbara McCann, McCann Consulting, Washington, DC
Christopher R. Conklin, Principal, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.,
Watertown, MA
Martha Roskowski, City of Boulder, Colorado
Randall Rutsch, City of Boulder, Colorado
Michael Sweeney, City of Boulder, Colorado
Moderator: Joseph A. MacDonald, AICP, Program Development Senior
Associate, American Planning Association

See the original plans for High Street's traffic calming project:

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Grand PDF of the whole plan