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Street Design 101: New Guidebook for Cities Released
10/24/2012
By Alex Vuocolo
Read More: http://americancity.org/daily/entry/a-new-guide-to-urban-street-design
Urban Street Design Guide PDF: http://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NACTOUrbanStreetDesignGuide_Highrez.pdf
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The National Organization of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), a network of big-city transportation departments, today released the Urban Street Design Guidebook, created in an effort to outline the “21st-century demands†of urban streets, writes NACTO president Janette Sadik-Khan.
- Many ideas put forth in the guide — such as the value of more pedestrian-oriented streets and low impact design — will be familiar to those who have read essential urbanist texts, like the popular Smart Growth Manual, or have sat for five minutes with an excitable urban planner. But as a resource for local governments, the guide is an accessible and comprehensive introduction. With a quick read-over, it exposes bureaucrats and department heads alike to the fundamentals of new ideas in urban planning.
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10/24/2012
By Alex Vuocolo
Read More: http://americancity.org/daily/entry/a-new-guide-to-urban-street-design
Urban Street Design Guide PDF: http://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NACTOUrbanStreetDesignGuide_Highrez.pdf
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The National Organization of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), a network of big-city transportation departments, today released the Urban Street Design Guidebook, created in an effort to outline the “21st-century demands†of urban streets, writes NACTO president Janette Sadik-Khan.
- Many ideas put forth in the guide — such as the value of more pedestrian-oriented streets and low impact design — will be familiar to those who have read essential urbanist texts, like the popular Smart Growth Manual, or have sat for five minutes with an excitable urban planner. But as a resource for local governments, the guide is an accessible and comprehensive introduction. With a quick read-over, it exposes bureaucrats and department heads alike to the fundamentals of new ideas in urban planning.
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