MCDR developed Complete Streets guidelines to assist our agency and the communities we serve by creating a practical framework for implementing complete streets throughout the county. Complete Streets serves as a design guide for various types of projects that support and enhance transportation access, safety, and connectivity for all users and multiple modes of transit using the complete streets planning approach.
Complete Streets is a transportation policy and design approach that includes planning, designing, operating, and maintaining safe, convenient and comfortable travel and access for users of all ages and abilities regardless of their mode of transportation, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, individuals with disabilities, and freight vehicles.
MCDR’s Complete Streets incorporates and aligns with the agency’s Corridors of Significance study, the Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan, the Non-Motorized Policy Guide, and Landscaping Policy to ensure Macomb County’s comprehensive and strategic approach to transportation infrastructure and planning meets the evolving needs of the community and the region.
Macomb County’s Complete Streets initiative included:
- A review of existing countywide plans and infrastructure that have implemented complete streets best practices.
- The development of planning guidelines, corridor criteria and preliminary design guidelines.
- Incorporated public feedback and stakeholder input to finalize the complete streets policy guide.
Additional information regarding Macomb County Complete Streets, including the design guidelines, policy, resources and regional, state and federal programs, are available below.
This project was made possible through grant funding from SEMCOG’s Planning Assistance Program.