NEWS - MDOT seeks public input on future of Complete Streets through online survey

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https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDOT/bulletins/383bcd0

MDOT seeks public input on future of Complete Streets
through online survey

Fast facts:

• A new online public Complete Streets survey is part of MDOT’s initiative to update the current policy.
• Complete Streets encompass mobility and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, older individuals, children, individuals with disabilities, motorists, and freight vehicles.
• The survey is available through Feb. 9. 
  
  

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDOT/bulletins/383bcd0

[Nicholas Adams]

Thanks for sharing!

Yet another survey for us to fill out that ultimately accomplishes nothing because that is its goal. They know how to build safe streets, they choose not to and use initiatives like this to give the impression that they just need a few more surveys before they can figure it out. Community engagement as can-kicking. Filled it out anyway!

Best,

Nick Adams

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[Ian Ogden]

Pardon the mass-reply. I had trouble engaging with the questions as they were written.

• Why so many open-ends, rather than at least some semi-quantifiable data?
  
  
• As written, most questions put the burden on everyday people to know arcane transportation policy (e.g. lane-widths, the details of the Complete Streets framework) in order to share their thoughts; further, the survey steers people to rewrite MDOT's policy for them.
  
  They should be asking regular people about their experiences and what they want, not "how the policy should be changed". Asking about experiences and opinions will result in responses from real people; asking people to workshop policy will provide responses from transportation nerds. (Perhaps this is the strategy - toward more effectively ignoring the survey wholesale / checking the "community survey" box and getting back to business-as-usual).
  
  
• "What changes would you like to see considered for roadways managed by MDOT if we had the ability to pursue them from a Complete Streets focus?"
  
  Unless I'm missing something (highly possible), the subtext of this question is that MDOT doesn't currently have the ability to pursue roadway management from a Complete Streets perspective. However, according to their website, a Complete Street framework has been codified in Michigan law since 2010 and was adopted by the State Transportation Commission in 2012.
  
  https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/about/policies/complete-streets
  

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 2:22 PM mtca...@gmail.com <mtca...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Adam Goodman]

It's a strange survey with some rather technical questions - almost seems more targeted at local transportation officials / planners rather than the general public.

In case anyone's interested, here were my answers:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JVybUDrS_YrW0Ov5zcyMWudaU7uVPGJGGwwgzlZ-3k/edit

Also, if anyone wants to read MDOT's existing complete streets policy in full, you can find it on https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/-/media/Project/Websites/MDOT/About-Us/Commissions/STC/Policies/STC-Policies-Searchable.pdf starting on page 32. (The STC / State Transportation Commission is a board appointed by the Governor that oversees MDOT and sets policy for the department to the extent permitted or demanded by state law.)

- Adam

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