'Complete streets' measure approved

Advocates celebrate as the mayor signs a bill that requires planners to consider nonvehicular travel when designing transit projects

By B.J. Reyes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 26, 2012

~~<p>Six years after she began raising awareness of the danger to seniors caused by traffic signals that don't allow enough time to cross the street, Barbara Kim Stanton enthusiastically spoke of a new law that she hopes will finally bring about the changes she and other community groups have long sought.</p>
<p>"We're thrilled," Stanton, state director of the AARP Hawaii, said Friday after Mayor Peter Carlisle signed a measure aimed at making streets safer for all users.</p>
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Six years after she began raising awareness of the danger to seniors caused by traffic signals that don't allow enough time to cross the street, Barbara Kim Stanton enthusiastically spoke of a new law that she hopes will finally bring about the changes she and other community groups have long sought.

"We're thrilled," Stanton, state director of the AARP Hawaii, said Friday after Mayor Peter Carlisle signed a measure aimed at making streets safer for all users. Login for more...