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2 ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS The national movement toward designing with the Complete Streets approach has resulted in the creation of many resources regarding Complete Streets design. The creation of this document was aided through a thorough review of best practices from across the country. Relevant and critical design standards are included based on their presence in several leading publications as well as a context-sensitive approach tailored to the unique needs and opportunities in Hillsborough County.
Streets that incorporate a Complete Streets approach go beyond looking at what is between the two curbs. They are designed based on the adjacent uses and include zones for various purposes. A typical street has multiple street zones, such as: Frontage Zone, Pedestrian Zone, Furnishing Zone, Flex Zone, and Traveled Way Zone that may provide different functions for the street. Street zones (Figure 2-1) should be right sized with all users in mind, designed for people of varying needs, of human scale to enable mode respect, and encourage mode shift. Street zones should be contextualized to reflect the surrounding community that will result in multiple benefits such as connectivity, walkability, livability, and sustainability. 1 Figure 2-1 illustrates how the zones are arranged. It is important to note that elements of complete streets will be different in each of the urban, suburban, and rural contexts. Streets in the Urban General context (C4) often exhibit most of these zones. In Suburban contexts (C3), some zones may not be as prominent. On streets in rural context, Rural (C1&C2), few of the zones will be present. Chapter Three covers each of these contexts and related street typologies.
1 Streets Reconsidered, Inclusive Design for the Public Realm, Daniel Iacofano & Mukul Malhotra
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