Barbara McCann

Barbara McCann served as the founding Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, working with groups from AARP to the YMCA to develop and advance the adoption of policies to make streets safe for all users. More than 500 jurisdictions, including more than half the states, have now adopted Complete Streets policies.

She led McCann Consulting for ten years, working with government agencies, non-profits, and researchers, authoring numerous reports and articles on transportation, health, and land use; an archive of her work can be found at www.bmccann.net. She is the co-author of Sprawl Costs, also from Island Press.

McCann recently took the position of Director, Office of Safety, Energy and Environment in the Office of the Secretary, US Department of Transportation.

She lives in Washington, DC with her husband Bob Bloomfield.