Eighty-three communities adopted Complete Streets policies this past year, as such the Complete Streets Coalition, a Smart Growth America program, has ranked these communities.

The Complete Streets Coalition, a program of Smart Growth America, has ranked communities that led the nation in creating Complete Streets policies for 2013.

This past year more than 80 communities adopted Complete Streets policies. These laws, resolutions and planning and design documents encourage and provide for the safe access to destinations for everyone, regardless of age, ability, income or ethnicity, and no matter how they travel.

Nationwide, a total of 610 jurisdictions now have Complete Streets policies in place, including 27 states, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Fifty-one regional planning organizations, 48 counties and 482 municipalities in 48 states also have adopted such policies.

The National Complete Streets Coalition examines and scores Complete Streets policies each year, comparing adopted policy language to ten ideal policy elements. Ideal policy elements refine a community's vision for transportation, provide for many types of users, complement community needs and establish a flexible approach necessary for an effective Complete Streets process and outcome. Different types of policy statements are included in this examination, including legislation, resolutions, executive orders, departmental policies and policies adopted by an elected board.

These agencies led the nation in creating comprehensive Complete Streets policies:
1. Littleton, MA
2. Peru, IN
3. Fort Lauderdale, FL
4. Auburn, ME (tie)
4. Lewiston, ME (tie)
6. Baltimore County, MD
7. Portsmouth, NH
8. Muscatine, IA
9. Piqua, OH
10. Oakland, CA
11. Hayward, CA (tie)
11. Livermore, CA (tie)
11. Massachusetts Department of Transportation (tie)
14. Cedar Falls, IA (tie)
14. Waterloo, IA (tie)

Read the full report here.

For more information about the Complete Streets Coalition, please visit smartgrowthamerica.org/complete-streets.

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