"Complete Streets" is one of the foremost transportation planning concepts of recent years. Incorporating this concept into long range transportation planning documents is important to establish Complete Streets both as policy and everyday practice. Two examples of how Complete Streets can be included in 20-year transportation master plans are from Ontario; the Town of Ajax, a suburban city in the Toronto metropolitan area and the City of Greater Sudbury, a northern Ontario city that functions as a regional centre. In these transportation master plans, the idea of Complete Streets has been incorporated as a specific policy. This policy will guide the development of the future transportation network to ensure that the infrastructure meets the definition of Complete Streets, namely that it is designed, constructed, operated and maintained for all types of users and for all modes of transportation. The concept of Complete Streets has been applied to indicate appropriate provisions for transit, cyclists and pedestrians for each classification of road. An active transportation master plan, which outlines future improvements to the cycling and pedestrian network, has been integrated into the overall plan, reinforcing the idea of completing streets for multi-modal transportation use. A sidewalk priority policy and a policy for the conversion of rural to urban cross sections both strengthen the complete streets concept. These two Ontario plans provide examples of how Complete Streets can be incorporated into long range transportation planning documents so that future transportation investments are supportive of all transportation system users and all modes of transportation.
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