The City has adopted Complete Streets concepts into its comprehensive plan. Though the City’s Comprehensive Plan has overlay districts, the Complete Streets concepts need to be more clearly defined in the City’s code of ordinances.
The City conducted its first Complete Streets audit in 2013, which revealed several needs: bring commercial buildings and uses closer to the street, especially along the US 441 corridor, provide sidewalks in the planned unit development, develop better parks and open spaces, and provide bus shelters to improve the use of transit and the comfort of transit patrons.
In 2014, the City of North Lauderdale passed a resolution supporting Complete Street and Smart Growth Principles and participated in walking audits to help understand the needs and give recommendations for implementing complete streets. 2014 Broward MPO Complete Streets Fact Sheet
The City held a walking audit in October 2014 on Rock Island Rd (SW 71st Ave) from Southgate Blvd to McNab Rd with city staff and residents. The City also held a panel to educate the public on what complete streets means and ask residents what they would like the City’s streets to look like. The challenge to implementing improvements on Rock Island Rd are existing FP&L utility lines. The City is having ongoing conversations in attempts to resolve this issue.
City officials, staff, residents, and representatives from the Broward MPO discussed the feasibility of incorporating various elements of complete streets in some of the City’s roadways at a workshop.
Example last updated August 2017
Contact: Andrew Disbury, City of North Lauderdale Community Development
Ex. ID 095
| Primary Multimodal | |
|---|---|
| Walking & Biking: | Emphasized with generous facilities for walking & biking |
| Non-Primary Hybrid | |
| Walking & Biking: | Emphasized with slow auto speeds. Potential for traffic calming. |
| Multimodal Districts & Nodes | |
|---|---|
| Walking & Biking: | Right-of-way has balance for walk/bike facilities and transit/auto. Focus on connectivity to transit stations |
| Lower Intensity Residential | |
| Walking & Biking: | Low speed neighborhood streets provide connections to multimodal facilities |
| Lower Intensity Commercial | |
| Walking & Biking: | Vehicular business access is emphasized - Facilities accommodate bikes and peds too |
| Lower Intensity Mixed Use | |
| Walking & Biking: | Walk/bike priority with generous facilities for bikes & peds; focus on connectivity to transit stations |