New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
Improving our roadways and safe transportation options in order to enhance health, equity, sustainability, prosperity, and quality-of-life for the people of New Orleans.
New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
Improving our roadways and safe transportation options in order to enhance health, equity, sustainability, prosperity, and quality-of-life for the people of New Orleans.
We’re excited to have Tulane University as a member of the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition. As the largest private employer in the city, they represent an entity focused on ensuring the health and safety of individuals all throughout the region. With their campus in Downtown New Orleans, they’re primed to benefit from the improvements coming to the Central Business …
Members of the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition joined over 80 professional planners in Lafayette, LA last month for the annual American Planning Association State Conference, themed “Partnerships: A New Planning Paradigm for Louisiana.” The conference featured sessions and mobile workshops focusing on how interdisciplinary teams are tackling sustainability, transportation, community engagement, water management, and coastal restoration, and recognized how …
As we get ready for the elections on November 13th, it is important to understand where future city leaders stand on the issue of Complete Streets, and how they expect to meet a need for more equitable transportation, smart and resilient infrastructure, and innovative uses of public space. With that in mind, the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition hosted a …
This coming Tuesday we hope you’ll join us for a special evening in the open air to hear from New Orleans’ next City Councilmembers about their priorities on the issues surrounding our infrastructure, transportation systems, and everything Complete Streets! RSVP and submit your questions here! Make sure the next City Council shares your concerns when it comes to the safety, …
It’s going to take all of us to bring more safety and less stress to New Orleans streets. Right now, the most impactful thing you can do is actually talk to neighbors and neighborhood businesses about the ‘Moving New Orleans Bikes’ infrastructure improvements on the way this fall. We know it’s a big ask, but direct communication is still the most effective …
Sometimes, you just dive in and build Complete Streets yourself. That’s what the Edgewood Park Neighborhood Association did on Peoples Avenue, a long-time sight of illegal speeding and dumping. With a brand new, temporary mixed-use protected bike and walkway, Peoples Avenue is slowing the speed and providing designated space for people biking and walking, where before there was none (sidewalk included). We have …
On Tuesday, July 13th, the New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) will vote to either approve or oppose the establishment of a new overlay district, the University Area Off-Street Parking Overlay, that would require all new construction and housing rehabilitations to secure one parking spot for every additional bedroom near Tulane University. The current iteration of the University Area Interim …
As part of Mayor Cantrell’s ‘Moving New Orleans Bikes’ initiative, the City of New Orleans is reconfiguring N Miro Street in the 7th Ward to add a protected bike lane. This configuration will mirror N. Galvez Street (N. Miro’s parallel counterpart heading downriver), with parking on the left of the street, one lane of travel for motor vehicles, and a …
With the many Complete Streets improvements currently being built as part of ‘Moving New Orleans Bikes’, we decided to create neighborhood resource pages where you can learn more about and keep up with the various mobility improvements coming to your neighborhood, community by community, street by street. Algiers and the neighborhoods in and around the 7th Ward (Tremé, Mid-City, St …
Due to weather, this event was postponed and is now happening on July 3rd. June 19th is Juneteenth and we’re inviting you to celebrate with us! I’m Dwan Adams, New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition’s Campaigns Coordinator and one of the organizers of Let’s Get Loud NOLA 2021. On Saturday, June 19th we’re organizing a commemorative, community-led 20-mile bike ride and 5k …