Streets

A hierarchical system of subdivisions branching off of arterial roads is a "perfect recipe for congestion."
A new report called Dangerous By Design 2019 once again reminds us that thousands of people on foot are cut down each year in violent, preventable deaths.
Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places shows how to make communities walkable—and better places to live.
The City of South Bend focuses on complete streets to spur investment in neglected neighborhoods.
A focus on one dimension ignores more important geographical aspects to public safety in a walkable city.
The greater choice offered by well-connected street networks leads to more capacity and efficiency, according to pioneering smart growth engineer Walter Kulash.
Historic street grids can handle greater traffic of all kinds—so why aren’t we building more of them?
Well-designed urban roundabouts solve traffic delay problems while slashing the kinetic energy of motor vehicles in intersections, improving safety and allowing for placemaking.
A pedestrian fatality spurred a transformation of a thoroughfare in Raleigh, linking a college campus to neighborhoods.
Roundabouts and reductions in lane widths helped to restore civic life along a US highway in a western New York village.
South Miami, Florida, has completely transformed since 2000—largely following the context-sensitive transformation of its main street.
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.