Complete Streets 2021

The Complete Streets process shows how we commit to building a complete transportation network.  A complete transportation network considers all ways people get around and use our streets. It's a companion to our Transportation Action Plan.

Read the Complete Streets Policy on LIMS

Visual representation of Complete Streets

Each icon on the graphic represents a way to get around (modes). It also shows supportive features that accommodate people using those modes.

For example: The car graphic includes parked, driving and carpooling vehicles. The bicycle and scooters graphic include bicycles and scooter parking.

Placing many modes on the same tier does not show an “either/or” approach. Each mode on a tier is equally valued.

Safety of the most vulnerable street users are the highest priority

This includes those who are:

• Walking
• Rolling
• Biking

These users are the most at risk of suffering a severe or fatal traffic crash.

Freight and delivery

Freight

The movement of goods is an important component of any urban environment. There is special infrastructure built for large vehicles, such as loading docks. It has affected street design for decades.

The City’s new Street Design Guide (SDG) 2021 provides direction on how we can accommodate the movement of large freight vehicles without taking away from the multimodal needs on city streets.

Design guidance contained in the SDG covers streets on the Truck Route Network. It has large truck movement specifications, including wider turning radii or lane widths.

See the Street Design Guide

See the Truck Route Network

Delivery

Same-day delivery services makes for daily use of our roads. This has been the case since 2016, when we developed the original policy.

Delivery vehicles often use the public right of way in ways that our streets were not originally designed for. Disruptions by large vehicle operations are rare. Still, frequent disruptions by smaller vehicles have a big impact and are harder to deal with.

We recognize the inconvenience to users when delivery trucks or smaller delivery vehicles block:

• Travel lanes
• Bike lanes
• Sidewalks
• Crosswalks

Micromobility

Micromobility includes a range of human-scaled, shared vehicles. For example, bicycles and scooters. They can be electric or human-powered. Small mobility devices have been around for decades. Still, micromobility devices are fairly new on city streets.

Under many laws and ordinances, these devices are all treated like bicycles. Within our graphic, we depict all types of micromobility with the scooter icon. They're given the same level of priority as bicycles and transit in this policy.