P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 146

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§ 146. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms or phrases shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow, except where clearly stated otherwise, and terms in the singular form shall include the plural form and vice versa:

(a) Complete Streets.— Road design characteristics that facilitate the safety and mobility of public thoroughfare users. It also expands and complements the design requirements established by this chapter and by state and federal regulations to include the mobility needs of pedestrians, cyclists, users of public transportation, drivers of motor vehicles, and persons of all ages and abilities. Such characteristics include, but are not limited to: walkable sidewalks, exclusive lanes labeled for cyclists, construction of signs and structures such as traffic islands, rotundas, and crossroads that allow for sharing public roads, corner cut-offs, raised sidewalks with access ramps, and the adoption of public security measures to control traffic.

(b) Commission.— Shall mean the Evaluation Commission for the Adoption of the Complete Streets Concept, created pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Public thoroughfare.— Highways, roads, streets, routes, lanes, sidewalks, and the crossroads and intersections that interconnect them.

History —Dec. 16, 2010, No. 201, § 2.