Opinion: 'Complete Streets' Must be a Top City Priority
City Transportation Commission Chairman Kevin Posey says the Complete Streets initiative must be treated as a top priority and never as an afterthought.
When the Transportation Commission meets in December, it will be my last as its Chairman. I am pleased to say that our Commission made progress in moving Alexandria down the path to sustainable transportation policies. The most important of these was the City’s Complete Streets policy, which we originated. It also happens to be our biggest piece of unfinished business. The Complete Streets policy calls for ALL users to be accommodated whenever a project is considered. If a new street is built or an old one repaved, the City’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services must look into making it usable for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit, rather than just cars. The idea is to make streets safe for something other than a Hummer…
billdsd
3:16 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
@Linda Fairall: I say motorists get stuff when they learn to FOLLOW TRAFFIC LAWS. There are signs ALL OVER OLD TOWN: Motorists MUST obey all traffic signs and signals. But like typical car-snobs, they blow right through, and then get mad at cyclists when we gesture and yell at them. I'll share the road when they learn how drive safely and responsibly. Motorists aren't any better at obeying the … more ›