The May 2014 issue of ITE Journal featured an article synthesizing principles for urban intersection design, as recommended in the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide.

According to authors Michael King and Rick Chellman, “the intersection of two or more streets can be a point of conflict or meeting—a location to manage movement, or a chance encounter between friends. This dichotomy of use—conflict and meeting—is critical to understanding intersection design. To be successful, an intersection must accommodate and manage both.”

The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide advances principles of intersection design that protect and prioritize pedestrians and create complete and safe streets for all users. The product of an unprecedented collaboration between city engineers, planners, and designers in the nation’s largest cities, the Urban Street Design Guide sets forth an ambitious and concrete vision for city streets, compiling a resource that some are already calling a new “Green Book for cities.”

For more, see Real Urban Intersection Design: Expanding on Complete Streets Chicago and the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide.

The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide was also featured in the December 2013 issue of ITE Journal.