complete streets

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Dictionary meaning

a transportation design policy and practice requiring that roads and streets be planned, designed, and operated to enable safe and convenient access for all users regardless of age, ability, or mode of travel, including pedestrians, cyclists, public transit users, and motor vehicle drivers; complete streets incorporate features such as wide pavements, protected cycling lanes, accessible kerb cuts, pedestrian crossing signals, street trees, and dedicated bus lanes; the movement, championed in the United States by the National Complete Streets Coalition, rejects the historic prioritisation of vehicle throughput as the sole measure of street performance