Living Streets Strategies for Crafting Public Space

by Bain, Lesley; Gray, Barbara; Rodgers, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780470903810
• ISBN10: 0470903813
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-13
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Written for teams of engineers, transportation planners, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book provides a broad overview of the growing approach towards complete and sustainable street design. Its contents present the background on modern street design and where it has failed, describe a series of street typologies, and demonstrate, through geographically diverse case studies, the applicable lessons learned from each. Featuring examples from over two dozen completed street design projects around the world, it provides practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street and road design.

Author Biography

Lesley Bain, AIA, LEED, is an architect, urban designer, and Principal at Weinstein A|U Architects + Urban Designers LLC. Lesley has played prominent roles in many of Seattle's urban design efforts including pedestrian planning, station area development, campus planning, and incorporating transportation into neighborhoods.

Barbara Gray is an urban planner with eighteen years of professional experience in community design and transportation planning. She currently manages the Transportation Systems Design and Planning group for the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Dave Rodgers, PE, LEED, is recognized nationwide as being at the forefront of innovative sustainable design. He is a Principal at SvR Design Company.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Overview	p. xiii
Placemaking In The Public Right-Of-Way	p. 1
The Function of Places	p. 2
Why Invest in a Quality Public Realm?	p. 4
Placemaking and Design	p. 5
Encouraging the Use of Public Space	p. 11
Reclaiming Right-of-Way for Public Places	p. 14
Considering All the Elements in the Right-of-Way	p. 21
Mobility	p. 23
Connecting People to Places	p. 24
Why Have Walkable, Bikeable Communities?	p. 25
The Size and Shape of Movement	p. 26
The Pace of Movement	p. 34
A Shift in Thinking	p. 35
Natural Systems	p. 39
Reconnecting Cities to Nature	p. 40
Urban Biodiversity	p. 41
Natural Systems and Opportunities in the Right-of-Way	p. 42
Why Reconnect Nature and the City?	p. 49
Elements	p. 51
Places to Move Through	p. 52
Materials	p. 58
Intersections	p. 59
Bicycle Facilities	p. 61
Signage	p. 68
Street Furniture	p. 70
Street Trees and Landscaping	p. 74
Swales and Rain Gardens	p. 74
Curbs, Gutters, and Alternatives	p. 77
Parking	p. 79
Influences	p. 83
Considering Context	p. 84
Policy Foundation—Policies That Infl uence Street Design	p. 87
Codes, Guidelines, and Standards	p. 93
Reality Factors	p. 99
Typologies	p. 113
Typologies Overview	p. 113
Residential Streets	p. 115
Green Streets	p. 123
Alleys	p. 139
Main Streets	p. 154
Thoroughfares	p. 171
Shared-Use Streets	p. 182
Festival Streets	p. 193
Case Studies	p. 207
Mint Plaza	p. 208
Nord Alley	p. 217
Central Annapolis Road	p. 225
78th Avenue SE Shared Use	p. 235
High Point	p. 243
Barracks Row	p. 255
New York City	p. 263
Terry Avenue North	p. 271
What's Next	p. 285
Biophilic Cities: More Nature in the City	p. 286
New Technologies	p. 287
Building the Dream	p. 290
Conclusions	p. 296
Resources	p. 301
Index	p. 311
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