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• Consider transitway corridor alignment and station areas • Assess the current and future needs of corridor users • Include documentation of efforts to accommodate all modes and all users • Incorporate a review of existing system plans to identify complete streets opportunities. The City of Falcon Heights will implement complete streets unless one or more of the following conditions are documented: • The cost of establishing complete street elements is excessive in relation to total project cost. • The street jurisdiction (Ramsey County or the State of Minnesota for non -city streets) refuses suggested plans. • There is a documented lack of community support as determined by the city council • There are safety risks that cannot be overcome. • The corridor has severe topographic, environmental, historic, or natural resource constraints. For the purposes of this policy, "Complete Streets" are defined as: "A complete street is designed to be a transportation corridor for all users: pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, and motorists. Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe continuous travel networks for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and bus riders of all ages and abilities are able to safely move from destination to destination along and across a network of complete streets. Transportation improvements, facilities and amenities that may contribute to complete streets and that are considered as elements of a "complete street" include: street and sidewalk lighting; pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements; access improvements, including compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; public transit facilities accommodation including, but not limited, to pedestrian access improvement to transit stops and stations; street trees and landscaping; drainage; and street amenities." *Approved by the Falcon Heights City Council on October 12, 2011