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Would the creation of Complete Streets around Springfield decrease…
Would the creation of Complete Streets around Springfield decrease fatality rates for new and teen drivers?
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Complete Streets
"Moving to a Complete Streets design model may help reverse the trend of increasing fatalities and serious injuries on the Nation’s roadways to reach the goal of zero deaths and to create a healthier, greener, and more equitable roadway system." (Biton)
Complete Streets could be an effective solution to the mitigation of new and teen driver fatalities in Springfield, seeing that it could be an effective solution to the mitigation of roadway fatalities generally.
"Much like Passaic County in the 2016 case study, Cape May County noted the importance of starting small and identifying projects that could be considered 'low-hanging fruit.' The simplest of which is incorporating Complete Streets improvements into resurfacing projects." ("Complete Streets Case Study: Cape May County, New Jersey (2017)")
Springfield could utilize an approach similar to Cape May County, in which they start by implementing small-scale road and street safety measures, and then increasing the scale and frequency of these projects as time goes on.
"Road diets usually involve restriping a four-lane undivided road as a three-lane road with two through lanes and a two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL). This creates surplus roadway width that can be used to widen existing lates, create bicycle lanes, supply on street parking, widen sidewalks, or provide opportunities for landscaping or aesthetic improvements." (Kirk)
Road diets are an attribute of many Complete Streets, and have the ability to create more space that can be used to make improvements to roads that will benefit people who utilize various forms of transportation.
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