Complete Streets Guidelines

Complete Streets are at the forefront of many city-building conversations, in municipalities big and small. National, provincial and local policies stress the need for road safety and placemaking. Vision Zero efforts are taking off around the country with the intent to eliminate severe crashes and loss of life. Cities recognize how their streets contribute to placemaking, sustainability, and community development, and are moving towards a more ambitious future for active transportation, autonomous urbanism, and resiliency. This progress is wonderful and welcome, yet there is still lots of work to do.

Location

Across Canada

Client

Several municipalities across Canada

We are thought leaders who are dedicated to the planning and design of streets that emphasize safety, equity, efficiency, and beauty. We challenge how our cities have ended up with mostly unsafe, car-dominant streets and seek solutions to resolve these shortcomings.

We work with clients to prepare guidelines that focus on the process of making Complete Streets, as well as teaching how to deliver them. We stress the importance of context and working with other professions and champions to make it happen. We are adept at looking forward to the future of street design including getting ready for autonomous urbanism and what that means at the city-wide scale.

To date, we have led the preparation of Complete Street guidelines for several municipalities including the cities of Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, and Markham. This work has required a thoughtful approach to embedding the Complete Streets approach into internal processes and procedures to inform a culture shift for how streets are delivered.

We also plan and design streets that demonstrate our commitment to making better places. Our built projects push innovative, transformative, and progressive ideas forward to create more accessible, beautiful, and sustainable streets for everyone. Whether it is a high-profile waterfront promenade like Queens Quay on Toronto’s Central Waterfront, major downtown corridors like Toronto’s John Street and Calgary’s 8th Street SW, or the less intense but vital Market Street by St. Lawrence Market, our attention to detail and technical prowess are in full display.