Urban street design guide / National Association of City Transportation Officials.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Association of City Transportation Officials, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City traffic--Planning.

City traffic.

Streets--Planning.

Streets.

Traffic congestion.

Traffic calming.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, [2013]

Summary:

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 birds 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 citys 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. 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.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

Streets : Street design principles : Key principles ; Phases of transformation ; Street design in context ; Downtown 1-way street ; Downtown 2-way street ; Downtown thoroughfare ; Neighborhood main street ; Neighborhood street ; Yield street ; Boulevard ; Residential boulevard ; Transit corridor ; Green alley ; Commercial alley ; Residential shared street ; Commercial shared street : Cambridge shared streets

Street design elements : Lane width

Sidewalks : Sidewalk zones ; Sidewalk design

Curb extensions : Gateway ; Plnchpoint ; Chicane ; Bus bulbs

Vertical speed control elements : Speed hump ; Speed table ; Speed cushion

Transit streets : Dedicated curbside/offset bus lanes ; Dedicated median bus lanes ; Contra-flow bus lanes ; Bus stops

Stormwater management : Bloswales ; Flow-through planters ; Pervious strips ; Pervious pavement

Interim design strategies : Interim design strategies : Moving the curb ; From pilot to permanent

Parklets : San Francisco parklet program

Temporary Street Closures : Los Angeles's ClcLAvia Initiative

Interim public plazas : New York City Plaza Program

Intersections : Intersection design principles : Principles ; Major intersections ; Intersections of major and minor streets ; Raised intersections ; Mini roundabout ; Complex intersections ; Complex intersection analysis ; Redesign

Intersection design elements : Crosswalks and crossings : Crosswalks ; Conventional crosswalks ; Midblock crosswalks ; Pedestrian safety islands

Corner radii

Visibility/sight distance

Traffic signals : Signalization principles ; Leading pedestrian interval ; Split-phasing ; Signal cycle lengths ; Fixed vs. actuated signalization ; Coordinated signal timing

Design controls : Design controls

Design speed : Speed reduction mechanisms

Design vehicle

Design hour

Design year

Performance measures

Functional classification : San Francisco's Better Streets Plan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-178).

ISBN:

9781610914949

1610914945

OCLC:

844728420

Publisher Number:

99970256602