Rethinking Roads: A Complete Streets Approach to Safer Communities

December 10, 2025

What does it look like when roads are designed for people, not just cars? This webinar from 1000 Friends of Florida explored how communities across Florida and the nation are putting Complete Streets principles into action to prioritize safety, equity, and multimodal access for all users. Featuring Beth Osborne, President & CEO of Smart Growth America; Valerie Neilson, Executive Director of the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization; and Deputy Mayor Fran Nachlas of the City of Boca Raton, the session highlighted national policy trends, regional implementation of Palm Beach County’s Complete Streets network and the U.S. 1 Multimodal Corridor Study, and local leadership advancing safer, people-focused design and micromobility initiatives.

Check out a few resources shared during the webinar: Smart Growth America’s the Best Complete Policy Report and Scoring Framework and the Benefits of Complete Streets tool. 1000 Friends of Florida’s Economics of Development report.

This event was approved for the following continuing education credits for those who attended the live webinar:

• American Institute of Certified Planners (1.5 AICP CM, #9321017)
• Florida Attorneys (2.0 General Credits, #2515929N)
• Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CEC)