COMPLETE STREETS
NORTH CENTRAL PLAN
1. What is the Complete Streets North Central Plan?
2. Plan Approach
3. Engagement Highlights
4. Identifying Recommendations
5. Next Steps
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Streets that are safe, comfortable, and
accessible for all users and multiple
forms of travel
Source: City of Santa Fe
What is a
Complete
Street?
The Complete Streets
North Central Plan
focuses on developing a
safe, reliable,
accessible, and
equitable multimodal
transportation system by
pursuing a collaborative
community
engagement process
that encourages deep
listening of community
members and residents
in North Central.
Listening Defining Needs
and Goals
Community-Led
and Data
Supported
Recommendations
Prioritization and
Priority Project
Development
Plan Development
Plan Approach
● Timeline: August 2023 –
December 2023
● Overview
○ Over 200+ North
Central residents
engaged in person (in
Spanish and English).
○ 3 focus groups, 4 pop
up tabling events, 2
Lived Experience Group
meetings
○ Spanish interpretation
provided at most
activities.
Phase 1
Engagement
Recap
Lived
Experience
Group
members
National Night
Out
Movies in the
Park
Community
Baptist
Church
North
Macedonia
Church
North Central
Neighborhood
Association
(HANCSM)
Stakeholder Partnerships
Lived Experience Group
2 Meetings and public engagement support
LEG meetings and community engagement events coordinated in support with LEG members
Phase 1 Engagement
August - December 2023
National Night Out Pop Up
(44 Participants)
August 1, 2023
Movies in the Park Pop Up
(15 Participants)
September 7, 2023
North Central Residence Focus Groups (2)
(~20 Participants)
November 30, 2023
Food Distribution Pop-Up at Macedonia
Church of God-Christ
(40 Participants)
November 7, 2023
December 11, 2023
Community Baptist Church Pop-Up
(~50 Participants)
HANCSM Meeting Pop In Focus Group
(~40 Participants)
November 9, 2023
Pop Up Tabling Events
Pop up tabling at MLK, Jr. Park for Movies
in the Park
Pop up tabling at National Night Out (top)
and at a food distribution event at
Macedonia Church.
Pop up tabling at Community Baptist
Church, which serves as a bus stop for
various schools in the area..
Focus Groups
Pop in focus group at HANCSM meeting. Focus group with residents in North Central.
Location-Specific Comments
DRAFT
14 Engagement Highlights
• Traffic Safety Concerns
• Visibility and Turning Safety
• Safety Infrastructure Improvements
• Limited Right of Way
• Neighborhood aesthetics and
identity
• Public Transit Improvements
• Enforcement of Regulations
• Illegal Activities and Enforcement
• Pride in the Neighborhood and
Martin Luther King Jr. Center/Park
General themes from community feedback
Next: Context-Sensitive Potential
Improvements and Trade-Offs
S&I Commission Feedback
Consider additional
outreach to
transportation users
with mobility
challenges
1 Highlight outreach to
school districts and
families
2 Include programmatic
measures to encourage
high school students to
walk/bike
3 Work with partners for
additional transit
service
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P H A S E 1 : L I S T E N I N G
C o m m u n i t y E n g a g e m e n t a n d
L i v e d E x p e r i e n c e G r o u p ( L E G )
P H A S E 1 : L I S T E N I N G
D e f i n i n g N C e n t r a l N e e d s &
G o a l S e t t i n g
P H A S E 2 : R e c o m m e n d a t i o n D e v .
C o m m u n i t y - L e d a n d D a t a
S u p p o r t e d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s
P H A S E 3 : R E V I E W
P r i o r i t i z a t i o n a n d P r i o r i t y
P r o j e c t D e v e l o p m e n t
P H A S E 3 : R E V I E W
P l a n D e v e l o p m e n t
P r o j e c t
M e e t i n g s
C o m m i t t e e
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M e e t i n g s
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A c t i v i t y
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Schedule and Next Steps
Upcoming engagement
• Ongoing focus groups and pop up tabling events
• Community Workshop on March 28
• Door-to-door outreach
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THANK YOU!
Sue-Ellen Atkinson
Principal Transportation Planner
[email protected]