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• Rethinking the Automobile

• “Rethinking the Automobile” is a project created by livable streets advocate Mark Gorton. Its goal is to raise awareness around the negative impact of the automobile on our world.Through public events and media campaigns, Rethinking the Automobile reveals how policies that prioritize the automobile destroy public space in our cities and towns and have created a dangerous and unsustainable world.

• Diigo Tags: automobile, suburban, urban, transportation, environment, walkable, health, mobility

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• StreetPlan

• StreetPlan.net is a free web-based drag & drop tool for creating Complete Streets in just minutes. StreetPlan analyzes your design as you make it, giving you Red / Yellow / Green Best Practice guidance from “Designing Walkable Thoroughfares,” a joint publication of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Congress for New Urbanism (ITE and CNU). You can also start from templates designed by NACTO.
• Diigo Tags: streets, Complete Streets, transportation

• Urban Street Design Guide - National Association of City Transportation Officials

• 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. The Guide outlines both a clear vision for complete streets and a basic road map for how to bring them to fruition. 

• Diigo Tags: street, design, guide, national, transportation, city, cities

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• What is the Network for Excellence?   

• The "Network for Excellence of the Flag of Towns and Cities for All" provides a MEETING POINT for anyone wishing to share knowledge to improve quality of life in urban centres across the world using Design for All/Universal Design

• Diigo tags:design network

   

• Home | Model Design Manual for Living Streets  

• The Model Street Design Manual was created during a 2-day writing charrette, which brought together national experts in living streets concepts. This effort was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.

• Diigo tags:manual living streets design transportation

• National Complete Streets Coalition 

• An ideal complete streets policy:Includes a vision for how and why the community wants to complete its streetsSpecifies that ‘all users’ includes pedestrians, bicyclists and transit passengers of all ages and abilities, as well as trucks, buses and automobiles.Applies to both new and retrofit projects, including design, planning, maintenance, and operations, for the entire right of way.Makes any exceptions specific and sets a clear procedure that requires high-level approval of exceptions.Encourages street connectivity and aims to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected network for all modes.Is adoptable by all agencies to cover all roads.Directs the use of the latest and best design criteria and guidelines while recognizing the need for flexibility in balancing user needs.Directs that complete streets solutions will complement the context of the community.Establishes performance standards with measurable outcomes.Includes specific next steps for implementation of the policy.

• Diigo tags: sustainability transportation bicycling environment planning completestreets 

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