The City of South Bend, Indiana, was one of the recipients of the 2016 USDOT's Mayor's Challenge Award for Overall Success for its Smart Streets Initiative. The goal was to create a sense of place and support a vibrant downtown, which included the creation of streetscapes that required conversion of one-way to two-way streets, wide sidewalks, bicycle facilities, on-street parking, street trees, and public arts. This project also simultaneously addressed utility coordination and green solutions related to the city's long-term combined sewer overflow (CSO) plan. Construction of this project required adaptive strategies to address underground conflicts and delays.Learning Objectives: Examine South Bend's Smart Streets Initiative. Review the challenges and solutions that occurred during the planning and implementation of the two-way conversion. Evaluate the economic and social impacts of complete streets.

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