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USING THE GUIDE The intent of the Hillsborough County Complete Streets Guide (the CS Guide) is to provide policy guidance on planning and designing County-owned streets and roadways consistent with the County’s Comprehensive Plan. It is intended to inform planners, engineers, and designers in their implementation of the County’s Comprehensive Plan. Users of this guide will be able to identify street elements and design features that can be applied to achieve complete streets that are sensitive to the community’s context. Engineers will find guidance to help prepare design plans based on principles of safer, more comfortable, and accessible streets that provide a variety of transportation choices including walking and bicycling. The document also addresses some common concerns and perceived barriers regarding designing pedestrian and bicycle facilities. There may be elements included in this document that may not be consistent with existing regulatory standards. Depending on the regulatory oversight, a variance process or request for experimentation may be required to move forward with some preferred design elements. Complete Streets adoption and implementation can be more easily facilitated by updating regulations to reflect the guidelines put forth in this document. The layout and design of each chapter is organized in a hierarchy to guide readers from high level design principles to individual design treatments. Chapter One starts with the purpose of Complete Streets and benefits. Chapter Two describes the various elements in Complete Streets. Chapter Three illustrates all the various street typologies and summarizes the various considerations for each mode. Chapter Four reflects on the importance of placemaking and link to healthy people and communities. Chapter Five outlines intersection treatments, and Chapter Six expands on transit integration. Finally, in order to assist street design professionals in applying the guide to actual streets in Hillsborough County, Chapter Seven employs photo-realistic corridor visualizations to demonstrate the application of Complete Streets principles at select locations along two corridors, illustrating multimodal and safety best practices tailored to the community and context.
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