The 'Complete Streets' concept and movement in urban planning and policy has been hailed by many as a revolution that aims to challenge the auto-normative paradigm by reversing the broader effects of an urban form shaped by the logic of keeping automobiles moving. By enabling safe access for all users, Complete Streets promise to make cities more walkable and livable and at the same time more sustainable. This book problematizes the Complete Streets concept by suggesting that streets should not be thought of as merely physical spaces, but as symbolic and social spaces. When important social and symbolic narratives are missing from the discourse and practice of Complete Streets, what actually results are incomplete streets. The volume questions whether the ways in which complete streets narratives, policies, plans and efforts are envisioned and implemented might be systematically reproducing many of the urban spatial and social inequalities and injustices that have characterized cities for the last century or more. From critiques of a "mobility bias" rooted in the neoliberal foundations of the Complete Streets concept, to concerns about resulting environmental gentrification, the chapters in Incomplete Streets variously call for planning processes that give voice to the historically marginalized and, more broadly, that approach streets as dynamic, fluid and public social places. This interdisciplinary book is aimed at students, researchers and professionals in the fields of urban geography, environmental studies, urban planning and policy, transportation planning, and urban sociology.

The NACTO Transit Street Design Guide places transit where it belongs, at the heart of street design. The guide shows how streets of every size can be redesigned to create great transit streets, supporting great neighborhoods and downtowns. The Transit Street Design Guide is a well-illustrated, detailed introduction to designing streets for high-quality transit, from local buses to BRT, from streetcars to light rail. Drawing on the expertise of a peer network and case studies from across North America, the guide provides a much-needed link between transit planning, transportation engineering, and street design. The Transit Street Design Guide presents a new set of core principles, street typologies, and design strategies that shift the paradigm for streets, from merely accommodating service to actively prioritizing great transit.

The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition, is based on the experience of the best cycling cities in the world. The designs in this book were developed by cities for cities, since unique urban streets require innovative solutions. To create the Guide, the authors conducted an extensive worldwide literature search from design guidelines and real-life experience. They worked closely with a panel of urban bikeway planning professionals from NACTO member cities and from numerous other cities worldwide, as well as traffic engineers, planners, and academics with deep experience in urban bikeway applications. The Guide offers substantive guidance for cities seeking to improve bicycle transportation in places where competing demands for the use of the right-of-way present unique challenges. Each of the treatments addressed in the Guide offers three levels of guidance: ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Required: elements for which there is a strong consensus that the treatment cannot be implemented without. ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Recommended: elements for which there is a strong consensus of added value. ·nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Optional: elements that vary across cities and may add value depending on the situation. First and foremost, the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition will help practitioners make good decisions about urban bikeway design. The treatments outlined in the Guide are based on real-life experience in the world's most bicycle friendly cities and have been selected because of their utility in helping cities meet their goals related to bicycle transportation. Praised by Secretary Ray LaHood as an "extraordinary piece of work," the Guide is an indispensable tool every planner must have for their daily transportation design work.

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 extensions : Gateway ; Plnchpoint ; 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 -- Stormwater 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 ClcLAvia 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 radii -- Visibility/sight distance -- Traffic signals : Signalization principles ; Leading pedestrian interval ; Split-phasing ; Signal cycle lengths ; Fixed vs. actuated signalization ; Coordinated signal timing -- 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.