The place of complete streets: aligning urban street design practices with pedestrian and cycling priorities

Many Canadian cities are collectively considering pedestrians, cyclists, public transit, automobiles, and the movement of goods through complete streets, aspiring to enable all people, regardless of age, income, abilities, or lifestyle choices to use streets. Canadian municipal transportation practices are largely based on conventional approaches, where the movement of motor vehicles is a priority. The purpose of this practicum is to identify ways that selected precedents from Canadian and European municipal practices, may inform Canadian municipalities as they seek to incorporate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists – encompassing city planning, transportation engineering, architecture, and urban design considerations. The results of this research exemplify the interdisciplinary involvement required for creating streets as both links and places. Recommendations for Canadian municipalities include aligning municipal design practices with complete streets practices and incorporating interdisciplinary inputs in street design. Ensuring an interdisciplinary university education is recommended for street design professions.

Author dc:creator

• Klassen, Jeana

Advisor dc:contributor.supervisor

• Milgrom, Richard (City Planning) Montufar, Jeannette (Civil Engineering)

• Complete streets
• Interdisciplinary design
• Scales of design
• Multimodal mobility, accessibility, and sojournability
• Classification systems
• Design criteria

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30841

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/30841