Thanks for posting this! I agree with David Streever that it's best to use both processes.

The Complete Streets requests will be monitored by the Board of Aldermen and city government, which helps them track progress over time. The public will get an official report each year on what requests were submitted, and which were approved versus which were put on hold for a future year.

SeeClickFix is also monitored by government folks and local citizens, so is a good way to keep the broader public and the media informed of progress.

For example check out http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1300 to see an issue that people have been working on for several years, and which is finally making some progress (from what I understand, a bike lane there has been approved by city and state).

Although any Complete Streets request is important, even one submitted by one person, if you submit a request it could be best to get a group of neighbors, local businesses, local advocacy groups and possibly an elected official to sign on, since that indicates more widespread support. One of the groups working on this issue is Elm City Cycling so you may want to contact them with ideas as well.

I am completely with you here. This is a great idea, since Q Ave is overly-wide here anyway. We need more bike-and walker-friendly streets here in the Heights. I rarely walk around my neighborhood and go down to the river here, because it just is so unsafe-feeling. My fiance bikes to work from this area, down Chapel, and completely avoids Q Ave., and has no bikes lanes the entire way to work.

I'm a bike commuter, and Quinnipiac Ave resident. This road is fairly safe, as long as you cycle with traffic and at a reasonable pace. I'm in support of sharrows throughout the city, but I don't agree with bike lanes. I think they reinforce the incorrect impressions most drivers have that A: their journey is more important than they bicyclist's journey and B: that bicycles don't belong in the road.

Additionally, Q ave has alternate side parking from the 100 block to the 1000 block. That's why the road seems wide on one side. I don't mean to be overly critical. I'd rather see traffic calming measures in place than a bike lane. it's a 25 mph road, but the police and many motorists travel at 60+mph. But we saw this week, New Haven is removing speed bumps instead of installing them.

One step forward, two back.

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve. Any issues prior to 2013 are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please either re-open or open as a new See Click Fix issue. Thanks.