
Urban Street Design Guide
A guide that will help you to keep safety the priority of your street design and work harmoniously with biking, walking, transit, driving, and public activity. It will help you understand the foundation that streets are more than just for transportation and need to be incorporated into the role of a public place. With over 44 pictures and illustrations to help you understand, this is a great guide for anyone involved in street planning or infrastructure.
Table of Contents
Foreward
About the Guide
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 Extension
Gateway
Pinchpoint
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
Storm Water 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 CicAvia 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 Radil
Visibility/Sight Distance
Traffic Signals
Signalization Principles
Leading Pedestrian Interval
Split-Phasing
Signal Cycle Lengths
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