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Urban Street Design Guide

Urban Street Design Guide

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The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide shows how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented to prioritize safe driving and transit, biking, walking, and public activity.  Unlike older, more conservative engineering manuals, this design guide emphasizes the core principle that urban streets are public places and have a larger role to play in communities than solely being conduits for traffic.
 
The well-illustrated guide offers blueprints of street design from multiple perspectives, from the bird's eye view to granular details. Case studies from around the country clearly show how to implement best practices, as well as provide guidance for customizing design applications to a city's unique needs. Urban Street Design Guide outlines five goals and tenets of world-class street design:
 
  •   Streets are public spaces. Streets play a much larger role in the public life of cities and communities than just thoroughfares for traffic.
  •   Great streets are great for business. Well-designed streets generate higher revenues for businesses and higher values for homeowners.
  •   Design for safety. Traffic engineers can and should design streets where people walking, parking, shopping, bicycling, working, and driving can cross paths safely.
  •   Streets can be changed. Transportation engineers can work flexibly within the building envelope of a street. Many city streets were created in a different era and need to be reconfigured to meet new needs.
  •   Act now! Implement projects quickly using temporary materials to help inform public decision making.
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    Elaborating on these fundamental principles, the guide offers substantive direction for cities seeking to improve street design to create more inclusive, multi-modal urban environments. It is an exceptional resource for redesigning streets to serve the needs of 21st century cities, whose residents and visitors demand a variety of transportation options, safer streets, and vibrant community life.
     

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    <div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ii' class='sequence-1'>About Island Press</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-iii' class='sequence-2'>Title Page</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-iv' class='sequence-3'>Copyright</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-v' class='sequence-4'>Contents</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-5'>Foreword</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-6'>About the Guide</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-x' class='sequence-7'>Using the Guide</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-8'>Streets</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-9'>Street Design Principles</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-4' class='sequence-10'>Key Principles</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-6' class='sequence-11'>Phases of Transformation</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-7' class='sequence-12'>Street Design in Context</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-8' class='sequence-13'>Downtown 1-Way Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-10' class='sequence-14'>Downtown 2-Way Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-12' class='sequence-15'>Downtown Thoroughfare</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-14' class='sequence-16'>Neighborhood Main Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-16' class='sequence-17'>Neighborhood Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-17' class='sequence-18'>Yield Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-18' class='sequence-19'>Boulevard</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-20' class='sequence-20'>Residential Boulevard</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-22' class='sequence-21'>Transit Corridor</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-24' class='sequence-22'>Green Alley</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-25' class='sequence-23'>Commercial Alley</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-26' class='sequence-24'>Residential Shared Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-28' class='sequence-25'>Commercial Shared Street</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-31' class='sequence-26'>Street Design Elements</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-33' class='sequence-27'>Lane Width</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-37' class='sequence-28'>Sidewalks</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-45' class='sequence-29'>Curb Extensions</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-51' class='sequence-30'>Vertical Speed Control Elements</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-57' class='sequence-31'>Transit Streets</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-65' class='sequence-32'>Stormwater Management</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-71' class='sequence-33'>Interim Design Strategies</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-73' class='sequence-34'>Interim Design Strategies</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-77' class='sequence-35'>Parklets</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-81' class='sequence-36'>Temporary Street Closures</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-85' class='sequence-37'>Interim Public Plazas</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-89' class='sequence-38'>Intersections</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-91' class='sequence-39'>Intersection Design Principles</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-92' class='sequence-40'>Principles</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-94' class='sequence-41'>Major Intersections</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-96' class='sequence-42'>Intersections of Major and Minor Streets</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-98' class='sequence-43'>Raised Intersections</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-99' class='sequence-44'>Mini Roundabout</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-100' class='sequence-45'>Complex Intersections</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-102' class='sequence-46'>Complex Intersection Analysis</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-104' class='sequence-47'>Redesign</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-107' class='sequence-48'>Intersection Design Elements</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-109' class='sequence-49'>Crosswalks and Crossings</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-110' class='sequence-50'>Crosswalks</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-112' class='sequence-51'>Conventional Crosswalks</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-113' class='sequence-52'>Critical</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-114' class='sequence-53'>Midblock Crosswalks</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-116' class='sequence-54'>Pedestrian Safety Islands</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-117' class='sequence-55'>Corner Radii</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-121' class='sequence-56'>Visibility/Sight Distance</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-125' class='sequence-57'>Traffic Signals</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-126' class='sequence-58'>Signalization Principles</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-128' class='sequence-59'>Leading Pedestrian Interval</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-129' class='sequence-60'>Split-Phasing</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-130' class='sequence-61'>Signal Cycle Lengths</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-132' class='sequence-62'>Fixed vs. Actuated Signalization</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-134' class='sequence-63'>Coordinated Signal Timing</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-135' class='sequence-64'>Design Controls</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-137' class='sequence-65'>Design Controls</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-139' class='sequence-66'>Design Speed</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-143' class='sequence-67'>Design Vehicle</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-147' class='sequence-68'>Design Hour</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-151' class='sequence-69'>Design Year</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-155' class='sequence-70'>Performance Measures</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-159' class='sequence-71'>Functional Classification</div><br/><div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-163' class='sequence-72'>Resources</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-165' class='sequence-73'>Notes</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-174' class='sequence-74'>References</div><br/><div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-179' class='sequence-75'>Credits</div><br/></div>
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