One of the biggest challenges facing cities today is finding affordable ways to safely and sustainably accommodate a growing numbers of cars, trucks, pedestrians, buses, trains, and bicycles together on urban streets.

Contact: Community Design Assistance for help finding innovative solutions to your community's transportation challenges.

Design Guides and Best Practice

• Complete Streets 
• Selecting Tools for Community Design
• Road Diets (FHWA)
• Green Streets 
• Woonerf or Home Zone Design Guide 
• ITE - Designing Urban Thoroughfares
• Emergency Response and Street Design (pdf 760kb)
  

Case Studies

• Portland Bioretention Examples (pdf 7.9Mb) 
• Landuse and Transportation Design (pdf 205kb)
• LA Downtown Design Guide 
• Charlotte, NC - Urban Street Guidelines

Research and Resources

• FHWA - Transportation and Livability A Primer
• TRB - Multi-Modal Level of Service
• Benefits of Sustainable Design 
• TRB - Urban Street Symposium (pdf 62kb)
• TTI - Urban Mobility Report 
• Community Redesign Handbook (pdf 7.3Mb)

Other Resources

• Local Government Commission
• Livable Places
• Northwest Center for Livable Communities
• Low Impact Development (pdf 7.7Mb)