The Obama administration has annouced the concept of "complete streets" which accounts for the needs of all transportation users, including pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users for all new transportation projects.
On March 16,2010 Secretary of the US Department of Transportation released the new guidance for state and city transportation departments. According to the USDOT "establishment of well-connected walking and bicycling networks is an important component for livable communities, and their design should be part of Federal-aid project development".
HUD, USDOT and EPA are coordinating an integrated approach to planning for housing, transportation and environmental protection. "The undelying objectives are to conserve energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution, reduce reliance on the foreign suppliers of oil, and produce jobs in a clean energy economy".
How will this eventually affect you? Will you be using it?
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