The time for Complete Streets is now! Cyclists invited to participate in public meetings, Jan. 17 and 19

Savannah’s Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization is hosting a series of meetings to solicit citizen input on its Total Mobility Plan, “an in-depth planning effort which will emphasize sustainability, Complete Streets, Context Sensitive Design, non-motorized transportation and transit. The thoroughfare planning component will address facilities for auto traffic, bicycles, pedestrians, and public transit vehicles, including intersections.”

Adopting and abiding by Complete Streets policies could begin to reshape Savannah’s transportation infrastructure by addressing barriers to safe cycling caused by streets designed with only two goals in mind: maximizing motor vehicle speed and increasing traffic capacity. Thoroughfares of this type are unwelcoming and dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists (and drivers, too).

It’s important for cyclists to express their support for Complete Streets at the meetings and take advantage of this invitation to participate. The meetings will be held at the following times and locations from 5-6:30 p.m., and will and citizens can drop in at any point during the meeting to “map context areas, creating a vision of the desired character in each community.”

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Armstrong Atlantic State University – Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St.

Thursday, Jan. 19

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.

For more information, contact Mark Wilkes at (912) 651-1451 or wilkesm [at] thempc.org