Complete Streets

What is Complete Streets?

Complete Streets prioritizes people, by enhancing how our streets serve everyone, regardless of age or ability. It shapes the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of our streets to accommodate walkers, cyclists, drivers, and transit users. Our goal is to create a transportation system that adapts to current and future needs, invests in underserved areas, and improves high-crash zones to save lives.

Complete Streets Values:

1. SAFETY FIRST
   Safe streets for all Detroiters - zero crashes, zero deaths.
2. EQUITY, DIGNITY, AND TRANSPARENCY
   Transparent planning and rigorous community engagement.
3. ACCESS FOR ALL
   Easy mobility throughout the city, no matter age or ability. 
4. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
   Access to jobs, empowerment and neighborhood support. 
5. PUBLIC HEALTH
   Safe mobility options to improve health and reduce pollution.

Detroiters want and deserve safe streets. Detroiters want and deserve options for getting around.

In 2022, the Department of Public Works focused on the Streets for People Transportation Plan. The plan will be updated every 5 years and will ensure that more neighborhoods benefit from consistent street designs that are safe and comfortable for all users, all designed using Complete Streets principles and standards.