'Complete Streets' leader moves on

Across the US, more than 400 Complete Streets policies have been adopted—by governments in nearly every state. Barbara McCann, who founded the National Complete Streets Coalition seven years ago, will step down as executive director July 1 when the organization is incorporated into Smart Growth America. In a mass e-mail, she said she will "start writing a book about how transportation professionals committed to Complete Streets are using those policies to build more than roads—they are building political and community support for a new approach to solving our transportation challenges."

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