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Columbia begins update to Complete Streets policy, schedules broad public engagement
Summary
City of Columbia staff and consultants outlined a plan to update the city’s 2004 Complete Streets policy, funded by a Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant, and described a multi-step public engagement and technical-review timeline running through spring 2026.
City of Columbia public works officials and consultants on March 17 presented the start of a formal update to the city’s Complete Streets policy, saying the effort will pair a technical review with an extended public-engagement program and a review of national best practices.
Jackie Knight, project manager at Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT), told the council the update is funded in part by a Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant and is intended to bring Columbia’s policy, adopted in 2004, into line with current guidance and local needs. “Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe, accessible, and comfortable travel for users of all ages and abilities regardless of their mode of transportation,” Knight said during the pre-council presentation.
The consultants outlined why the city is revising the policy and what the process will include. The work program includes an existing-policy review and scoring, national best-practice research (including guidance from the National Association of City Transportation Officials and the American Association of State Highway and…
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