Let's Save Michigan pushes for complete streets

Thursday, March 25, 2010 | Source: metromode
Is your street a complete street? If you live in Michigan there is a good chance it isn't. The Let's Save Michigan initiative wants to change that.

The Ann Arbor-based non-profit is pushing for legislation and policy that calls for making the state's highways and byways less car dominant and friendlier to other forms of transportation, such as pedestrians and bicyclists.

"There isn't a policy that advocates for complete streets," says Sean Mann, director of Let's Save Michigan. "We need to advocate for pedestrians, bicycles and others."

That means spending more public money on improving the infrastructure for those modes of transportation. It's a policy the U.S. Transportation Secretary has recently put forth and one which Mann wants to see Michigan and Metro Detroit communities adopt with things like comprehensive transit plans.

Such legislation is being crafted in Lansing. Mann is hopeful that will be introduced during this year's legislative session. The Michigan Complete Streets Coalition has rallied support from 30 organizations behind it and continues to gather more support for the policy idea.

Source: Sean Mann, director of Let's Save Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
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