WHAT ARE COMPLETE STREETS?
From COMPLETE & GREEN STREETS FOR ALL MODEL COMPLETE STREETS POLICY & GUIDE:
Complete Streets are designed and operated with the safety, mobility, and accessibility needs of users of all ages and abilities in mind. Complete Streets also refers to a new approach to making transportation decisions that more and more of New Jersey counties and municipalities are adopting.
The Model Policy’s municipal/county “Resolution to Establish and Adopt a Complete Streets Policy” defines Complete Streets as: “…a means to provide a comprehensive, integrated, connected multi-modal network of transportation options through planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of new and retrofit transportation facilities along the entire right-of-way for all users of all ages and abilities. “All users” include pedestrians, bicyclists, persons with disabilities, motorists, movers of commercial goods, and transit vehicle users.”
Adopting a Complete Streets policy represents a commitment by a municipality, county, or state to apply Complete Streets principles and goals to all transportation decisions. Instituting a Complete Streets policy means putting into place a process for routinely making transportation investments and decisions that result in Complete Streets on the ground.
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Bergen County adopted a comprehensive County Master Plan in April 2023. Read more about it here.
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The Central Bergen Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan was conducted to address safety and mobility improvements for walking and bicycling to and from major destinations in the eight-municipality study area. Read more about it here.
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The Northern Valley Greenway is a concept for an 8-mile-long, linear park running through six towns in Bergen County: Tenafly, Cresskill, Demarest, Closter, Norwood & Northvale. Read more about it here.
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The Palisades Shared Use Path Study is a project to determine the feasibility of constructing a shared use path through the Palisades to create a safe, intuitive, and separated connection between the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey to the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in South Nyack, New York. Read more about it here.
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Each of Bergen County’s 70 municipalities has at least one county road running through it. Locate county roads by municipality here: Bergen County Highways
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