The National Complete Streets Coalition works to ensure that everyone has safe, comfortable, & convenient access to streets. A program of @SmartGrowthUSA 🚍🚲🚸
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We're the National Complete Streets Coalition—a program of @SmartGrowthUSA that brings together people committed to implementing #CompleteStreets policies & practices🚶🏻🚏🚍🚊🚴🏿♂️👩🏽🦽
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SGA is seeking an Assistant Vice President to oversee SGA’s technical assistance and capacity-building work on zoning and housing with the goal of delivering more housing—in the most needed locations, of the most needed types, and at the most needed price.
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"It turns out that knowledge is the key ingredient missing from our efforts."
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"To be clear, none of this means that the auto-centric system is pro-driver. Think about how we hang drivers out to dry. "
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"The key ingredients to effective Complete Streets and transit-oriented development are often one and the same."
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Speed matters, particularly at intersections where vehicles and pedestrians interact. 👟🚸
📐But did you know that street CORNERS with smaller turning radii are much safer and encourage lower vehicle speeds? ➡️ buff.ly/Ab99dqN
Champions Institute alumni are doing great work to promote safer streets & better mobility across the country, including Fran Nachlas of Boca Raton, FL
Info on the upcoming Mobility Workshop ⬇️ & more on Fran's work in Boca Raton in the 🧵
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Fran Nachlas participated in @SmartGrowthUSA's 2025 Champions Institute program & created an action plan to support safe streets for all in Boca Raton 🏆
Learn more:
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“You can’t design streets for safety and speed at the same time and do it successfully,” - @SmartGrowthUSA Director of Thriving Communities, Heidi Simon
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"The city reported 53 roadway fatalities in 2025, and said the decline outpaced the national reduction of 10.5% during the same period."
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Join Safe States for the Creating Safe and Active Communities Webinar on Monday, 09/14 @ 11 AM ET 🚶🏻🚴🏿♂️🚍🚏✨
Register ⬇️
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WEBINAR: Nearly 40,000 people were killed on America’s roads in 2024—including over 7,000 struck and killed while walking.
Join us + @smartgrowthUSA for a webinar diving into the latest #DangerousByDesign report. #ActivePeople
🗓️ Sept 23
RSVP ➡️ buff.ly/qXqX41I
ALT two youths attempt to cross a dangerous street full of cars with text overlay for a webinar, "from dangerous by design to walkable streets: addressing America's road safety challenges, september 23, 2026, at 2pm eastern time"
"Already, the mandate has changed the course of some major projects, pushing critical corridors in a much more multimodal direction."
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"A home has to meet a lot of different needs. And those needs change for different people at different stages of their lives. Not every kind of home in any one place can meet all of those different needs."
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The Top Countries on the World Happiness Report Love Riding Bicycles.
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"For city and state leaders, going beyond the legal minimum of accessibility is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. It benefits everyone."
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Car-centered transportation comes at a cost. CityHealth’s #CompleteStreets policies aim to help cities prioritize safety, walking, biking, rolling, and transit—creating healthier, more connected communities. bit.ly/46x5cDb
We know how to prevent pedestrian deaths.
Every other peer country has implemented solutions to make their roads safer, but U.S. policymakers allow more than 7,000 people walking on the road to be killed each year.
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🗓️Mark your calendar!
@T4America's #TransportationCamp 2027 is happening in DC on Saturday, January 9th 🚊✨
Get the details ⬇️ & stay tuned for more info as the date approaches!
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"Wasting time and money on a process with no teeth is bad. But this is worse: it’s actively damaging to the people who pour themselves into it."
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"The partnerships and skills built throughout Winchester’s first quick-build project have made it a resounding success."
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