Miami Gardens Complete Streets Guidelines
Miami Gardens Complete Streets Guidelines
The Miami Gardens Complete Streets Guidelines provide guidance to City of Miami Gardens staff, public officials, private partners, and residents on how to integrate Complete Streets components, policies and initiatives into current decision-making, planning and development processes. The guidelines define benchmarks and processes that can provide safe and healthy multi-modal transportation options within the City, and recommend next steps in the development of tools to provide consistent and transparent prioritization and performance evaluation of the City’s Complete Streets progress.
Volume I: General Guidelines
Vol I Contents
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Purpose & Background
1.2 Intent
2.0 Project Prioritization
2.1 An Equitable Approach
2.2 Locations & Communities to Prioritize
2.3 Prioritization for Funding
3.0 Implementation
3.1 Implementing a Complete Streets Approach
3.2 Public Project Development Process
3.3 Private Project Development Process
3.4 Exceptions
3.5 Implementation Strategies
3.6 Coordination
3.7 Community Involvement
4.0 Performance Measures
4.1 Measuring City-wide Progress
4.2 Measuring Project Benefits
4.3 Document Review & Updates
Volume II: Design Guidelines
Vol II Contents
1.0 Introduction
1.1 How to Use this Document
2.0 Typologies
2.1 Functional Classification
2.2 Land Use Context
2.3 Streets
2.4 Complete Streets Typology
3.0 Design Guidelines
3.1 National and Local Design Guides
3.2 Using the Design Guidelines
3.3 Design Guidelines by Component
3.4 Design Guidelines by Typology
Design Quick References
What are Complete Streets?
The Complete Streets approach reimagines streets to serve everyone better, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation. It’s about creating a balanced transportation system that prioritizes safety, comfort, and access to destinations for everyone with features like wide, shaded sidewalks; protected bike lanes; comfortable and accessible transit stops; frequent and safe crossings; and pedestrian-friendly signals. Complete Streets design, planning and policies seek to transform streets into vibrant public spaces that improve public health, reduce traffic congestion, and enhance our overall quality of life.
By embracing the Complete Streets approach, Miami Gardens is not just redesigning roadways; we’re fostering a healthier, more connected community. These changes aim to ensure that whether you’re walking, biking, driving, or using public transit, you’ll have a safe and enjoyable journey to your destination.
Working Toward Street Safety in Miami Gardens
In 2014, the City of Miami Gardens’ Comprehensive Development Master Plan identified Complete Streets as a design approach that could progress the City towards its goals by guiding expansion of a multimodal transportation network that accounted for the safety of users of all ages and abilities.
In 2022, the City of Miami Gardens Council adopted the Complete Streets Initiative Framework as a resolution to reaffirm its commitment to Complete Streets and to begin development of the Miami Gardens Complete Streets Guidelines. The new Miami Gardens Complete Streets Guidelines fulfills Objective 1.6, Policy 1.6.1 of the Miami Gardens Comprehensive Development Master Plan to adopt a Complete Streets Manual and Policy. The Guidelines are meant to work in tandem with existing documents including the Miami Gardens Traffic Calming Guidelines, the Miami Dade County Vision Zero Plan, The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Design Guides, and the Florida Greenbook (Manual of Uniform Minimum Standards for Design, Construction and Maintenance for Streets and Highways).
Community Voice
Residents of the City of Miami Gardens have provided input and guidance regarding their bicycling, pedestrian, public transit, and driving experiences and priorities throughout the development of the Guidelines. As Complete Streets initiative moves forward, resident voices remain crucial. Residents should explore the Guidelines, share thoughts with staff and representatives, and help create a city that reflects collective aspirations for safety, sustainability, and livability. Dive deeper into the Miami Gardens Complete Street Guidelines today and discover how you can be a part of the effort towards a more inclusive urban future.
Authors & Contributors
Live Healthy Miami Gardens is an initiative of the City of Miami Gardens that aims to fulfill the City’s vision for a healthy and safe community by encouraging physical activity and making changes that improve community health and well-being. Through a collaborative effort, Live Healthy Miami Gardens, the Miami Gardens Public Works and Planning and Zoning Departments, and Urban Health Partnerships, a community partner working to improve mobility options in the City, have been jointly working towards facilitating implementation of Complete Streets within the City.
It’s not just changing how our streets look; it’s about enhancing how our community lives, works, and plays.
