Cities around the world are facing the same challenges as cities in the U.S., and many of these problems are rooted in outdated codes and standards.

The Global Street Design Guide sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces, redefining the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The Guide presents the first-ever worldwide standards for designing urban streets, and broadens how to measure success to include access, safety and mobility for all users, environmental quality, economic benefit, public health and overall quality of life.

The Global Street Design Guide builds off the successful tools and tactics defined in NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide while addressing a variety of street typologies and design elements found in various contexts around the world.

Example cities include: Bangalore, India; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris, France; Copenhagen, Denmark; Seoul, Korea; Medellin, Colombia; Toronto, Canada; Istanbul, Turkey; Auckland, New Zealand; Melbourne, Australia; New York, USA; and San Francisco, USA.

The Global Street Design Guide was created by the Global Designing Cities Initiative, which was incubated within NACTO and is now an independent initiative. Learn more at globaldesigningcities.org