Welcome to the Policy Center! Here you’ll find resources and guidelines to help community leaders design and write effective Complete Streets policies. Also visit the National Complete Streets Coalition’s webpage for more policy information - including the key elements of CS policy and a model policy. A downloadable summary of this policy information can be found here.
Here is an interactive map featuring the non-motorized plans and Complete Streets policies of communities across Michigan:
Michigan Complete Streets Examples:
Statewide Law & Resolution
Local Ordinances
Local Resolutions
- Flint
- City of Jackson
- Jackson County
- Jackson Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Novi
- Midland
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Ingham County Road Commission Active Infrastructure Resolution
- Manistique
- Berkley
- Genesee County Parks & Recreation Commission
- Hamtramck
- Linden
- Village of Mackinaw City
- St. Ignace
- City of Allegan
- Atlas Township
- City of Clawson
- Village of Oxford
- Escanaba
- City of Woodhaven
- City of Gibraltar
- Milford Township
- City of Allen Park
- City of Munising
- Ann Arbor
- Burt Township
- Grand Rapids
- Union Township
- Marquette Township
- Ishpeming
- Oakland Township
- Holland
- Ludington
- City of Marquette
- Lake Isabella
- Acme Township
- Owosso
- Genesse Township
- Northville
- Birmingham
- Grand Haven
- City of Otsego
- Freemont
- Frankfort City/Frankfort Elberta Area Schools Complete Streets/Safe Routes to School joint resolution
- Oakland County Commission resolution (resolution language)
Michigan Sample Support Letters
National Policy & Legal Analysis Network (NPLAN) Resources & Examples
- Sample local, regional and state Complete Streets laws and resolutions
- Model comprehensive plan language on Complete Streets
- Findings for Complete Streets laws and resolutions
- What are Complete Streets fact sheet
- Complete the Streets! webinar resources
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October 27, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Ferndale Adopts Complete Streets Ordinance « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] community to adopt such an ordinance, joining Lansing and Saline. In total, Michigan now has 13 resolutions and ordinances in place, in addition to our recently adopted statewide Complete Streets [...]
November 9, 2010 at 10:17 pm
MDCH Announces 2011 Complete Streets Grantees « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] Congratulations to all of the grantees. We are looking forward to adding more push pins to our Complete Streets policy map. [...]
November 23, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Dexter Village Council approves ‘complete streets’ ordinance to promote safe travel « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] Monday designed to promote safer travel for pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. This makes the 4th Complete Streets ordinance in Michigan along with over a dozen [...]
December 10, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Village of Mackinaw City Adopts Complete Streets Resolution « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] policies from the Cities of Taylor, St. Ignace and the Village of Mackinaw City. Michigan now has 20 policies in place along with our statewide law. We will post more information about the recently adopted policies [...]
January 3, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Houghton Enacts Complete Streets Law « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] last night by passing a Complete Streets law, effective January 1, 2011. Houghton becomes the sixth Michigan city, and the first in the Upper Peninsula, to enact a Complete Streets ordinance. An additional 16 Michigan cities have passed resolutions [...]
March 12, 2011 at 3:57 am
Michigan Complete Streets Awarded Winning Campaign of the Year « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] there were more than 20 communities with complete streets policies [Michigan has increased this to 32 communities since the beginning of the year!] and the Governor had signed a new statewide complete streets law. [...]
March 12, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Burt Township makes 32 Michigan Policies « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] all modes of transportation in future road projects. Based on census data, Michigan’s 32 policies equates to 24% (2,352,874) of our state’s population living in a community with a complete [...]
April 4, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Union Township Passes Complete Streets Resolution « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] Township became the 34th Michigan Community to pass a Complete Streets ordinance or resolution in coordination with state legislation that was [...]
April 14, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Public Transportation and Complete Streets Takes a Major Hit « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] last year, at least 24 complete streets policies across Michigan have been passed. In total 39 communities have adopted a complete streets ordinance or resolution - the most in the [...]
April 21, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Holland adopts Complete Streets « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] passage of this resolution moves the count up to 39 for Michigan approved complete streets resolutions or ordinances (that we are aware of). The City [...]
May 3, 2011 at 3:36 pm
21c3 | Michigan's Complete Streets Actions Bring National Acclaim
[...] across the state to take advantage of this approach to transportation and economic development. Nearly 40 local governments have adopted policies and that number keeps growing. Now Michigan's Complete Streets efforts have [...]
June 16, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Michigan Adds Five More Resolutions « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] Owosso also recently adopted a complete streets resolution. This brings Michigan to a total of 38 known local resolutions and six ordinances in addition to our statewide law. According to Holly Madill, Complete Streets Project Coordinator [...]
June 24, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Updates on Complete Streets/Transit Funding Budget & Transportation Enhancement Preference « Michigan Complete Streets Coalition
[...] incentive language, which was successfully included in last year’s budget, helped encourage over 25 communities in Michigan to adopt complete streets resolutions and ordinances in the past year alone. We are [...]