The Urban Street Design Guide charts the principles and practices of the nation’s foremost engineers, planners, and designers working in cities today. A blueprint for designing 21st century streets, the Guide unveils the toolbox and the tactics cities use to make streets safer, more livable, and more economically vibrant.

Design, remix, and share your neighborhood street. Add trees or bike paths, widen sidewalks or traffic lanes, learn how your decisions can impact your community. Start by moving some …

2022年10月21日 · Activating the edges means preventing dormant spots where dynamic uses should prevail. Prioritize interactive uses—community spaces, courtyards, entries, or seating—in the prime space where...

It is based on the fundamental idea that streets are spaces for people as well as arteries for trafic. The guide is rooted in on-the-ground, built projects and great streets, and reflects international best practices and research in urban design, planning and engineering.

The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide presents effective design principles and strategies aimed at transforming urban streets into vibrant public spaces that accommodate diverse user needs.

In an urban context, street design must meet the needs of people walking, driving, cycling, and taking transit, all in a constrained space. The best street design also adds to the value of businesses, offices, and schools located along the roadway. Streets Are Public Spaces Streets are often the most vital yet underutilized public spaces…

Traffic engineers can and should do better, by designing streets where people walking, parking, shopping, bicycling, working, and driving can cross paths safely. Streets should be designed as ecosystems where man-made systems interface with natural systems.

The Global Street Design Guide is supporting practitioners to redefine the role of streets in cities around the world. Created with the input of experts from 72 cities in 42 countries, the Guide offers technical details to inform street design that prioritizes pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders.

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 ...

Use the following street design strategies to support the key principles outlined in Designing Streets for Great Cities, and in conjunction with Intersection Design Strategies. Ensure Universal Accessibility. Ensure streets serve our most vulnerable users, particularly seniors, children, and people with disabilities.