Linda Bailey
Acting Executive Director
David Vega-Barachowitz
Director, Designing Cities
The National Association of City Transportation Officials is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that represents large cities on transportation issues of local, regional, and national significance. NACTO views the transportation departments of major cities as effective and necessary partners in regional and national transportation efforts and promotes their interests in federal decision-making. The organization facilitates the exchange of transportation ideas, insights, and best practices among large cities, while fostering a cooperative approach to key issues facing cities and metropolitan areas. As a coalition of city transportation departments, NACTO is committed to raising the state of the practice for street design and transportation by building a common vision, sharing data, peer-to-peer exchange in workshops and conferences, and regular communication among member cities.
National Association of City Transportation Officials
120 Park Ave, 23rd Floor; New York, NY 10017
(Address at publication: 55 Water Street, 9th Floor; New York, NY 10041)
www.nacto.org
Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-1-61091-494-9
© Copyright 2013 National Association of City Transportation Officials
Consultant Team: Nelson\Nygaard
Consulting Associates, Sherwood Engineers
Design: Pure+Applied
Original Web Design: BlinkTag
Updated Web Design: Social Ink
NACTO Board of Directors (2013):
New York, NY
Janette Sadik-Khan
NACTO President Commissioner
Department of Transportation
San Francisco, CA
Edward D. Reiskin
NACTO Vice President Director of Transportation
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Chicago, IL
Gabriel Klein
NACTO Treasurer Commissioner
Department of Transportation
Phoenix, AZ
Wylie Bearup
NACTO Secretary Director
Street Transportation Department
Atlanta, GA
Richard Mendoza Commissioner
Department of Public Works
Baltimore, MD
Frank Murphy
Acting Director
Department of Transportation
Boston, MA
Thomas J. Tinlin
Commissioner
Transportation Department
Detroit, MI
Ron Freeland
CEO
Department of Transportation
Houston, TX
Jeffrey Weatherford
Deputy Director of Public Works
Public Works and Engineering Department
Los Angeles, CA
Jaime de la Vega
General Manager
Department of Transportation
Minneapolis, MN
Jon Wertjes
Director of Traffic & Parking Services
Department of Public Works
Philadelphia, PA
Rina Cutler
Deputy Mayor
Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities
Portland, OR
Steve Novick
Commissioner
Bureau of Transportation
Seattle, WA
Peter Hahn
Director
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC
Terry Bellamy
Director
Department of Transportation
Affiliate Members:
Arlington, VA
Austin, TX
Cambridge, MA
Hoboken, NJ
Indianapolis, IN
Memphis, TN
Oakland, CA
Ventura, CA
Acknowledgments
This project would not have been possible without the support and guidance of the Summit Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Many thanks to Darryl Young and Nick Turner. The project team would also like to thank the members of the steering committee. Also thanks to David Miller, Heather Boyer, and Julie Marshall of Island Press.
Project Steering Committee
Joshuah Mello, A.I.C.P.
Assistant Director of Planning: Transportation
Atlanta Department of Planning and Community Development
Michele Wynn
Public Works Manager
Atlanta Department of Public Works
Gary W. Schatz, P.E., PTOE
Austin Transportation Department
Theo Ngongang
Planning Division Chief
Baltimore Department of Transportation
Vineet Gupta
Director of Policy and Planning
Boston Transportation Department
Chris Wuellner
Division of Project Development
Chicago Department of Transportation
Nathan Roseberry, P.E.
Senior Bikeways Engineer
Chicago Department of Transportation
Jeffrey Weatherford, P.E.
Deputy Director of Public Works
Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering
Carl Smitha, P.E.
Managing Engineer
Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering
Jay Kim, P.E.
Assistant General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Don Elwood, P.E.
Director of Transportation Planning and Engineering
Minneapolis Department of Public Works
Nicholaas Peterson
Senior Project Manager
New York City Department of Transportation
Michael Flynn, A.I.C.P., LEED PA
Director, Capital Planning and Project Initiation
New York City Department of Transportation
Jamie Parks, A.I.C.P.
Senior Transportation Planner
Oakland Public Works Department
Stephen Buckley, A.I.C.P., P.E.
Director of Policy and Planning
Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, Philadelphia
Ariel Ben-Amos
Senior Planner/Analyst
Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, Philadelphia
Shane Silsby, P.E.
Deputy Street Transportation Director
Phoenix Streets Department
Christine Fanchi, P.E.
Transportation Engineer
Phoenix Streets Department
Peter Koonce, P.E.
Division Manager
Signals and Street Lighting Division
Portland Bureau of Transportation
Kurt Krueger
Development Review Manager
Portland Bureau of Transportation
Seleta Reynolds, A.I.C.P.
Manager, Livable Streets Division
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Susan McLaughlin, A.I.C.P., LEED AP
Transportation Planning and Urban Design Strategy Advisor
Seattle Department of Transportation
Kevin O’Neill, A.I.C.P.
Planning and Urban Design Manager
Seattle Department of Transportation
Darby Watson
Urban Design Lead
Seattle Department of Transportation
Sam Zimbabwe, LEED AP
Associate Director, Policy, Planning, and Sustainability
District Department of Transportation
Jim Sebastian, A.I.C.P.
Manager, Active Transportation Policy, Planning, and Sustainability
District Department of Transportation
Mike Goodno
Bicycle Program Specialist
District Department of Transportation
Linda Bailey
Acting Executive Director
National Association of City Transportation Officials
David Vega-Barachowitz
Director, Designing Cities
National Association of City Transportation Officials
Consulting Team
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates
Michael King, R.A. (project manager)
Stephanie Wright, A.I.C.P. (deputy project manager)
Paul Supawanich, A.I.C.P.
Will Sherman
Technical Reviewers: Chester (Rick) Chellman, P.E., Paul Moore, P.E., Michael Moule, P.E.
Interns: Sam Frommer; Alyssa Pichardo
Pure+Applied
Urshula Barbour
Paul Carlos
Nick Cesare
Karilyn Johanesen
Carrie Kawamura
Sherwood Design Engineers
Tom Bacus, P.E.
Theodore C. Lim, LEED AP, BD+C
BlinkTag Web Development
Brendan Nee
Trucy Phan
Social Ink Web Development
Matthew Pinto
Yonathan Reinberg
Graphic renderings by Frances Hsia, National Association of City Transportation Officials
Case Studies compiled by Corinne Kisner, National Association of City Transportation Officials
Special Thanks To: NYC DOT: Joshua Benson, Carly Clark, Thomas Maguire, Daniel Moidel, Margaret Newman, Jon Orcutt, Sean Quinn, Matthew Roe, Ryan Russo, Bruce Schaller, Lacy Shelby, Karin Sommer, Randy Wade, Emily Weidenhof, Andy Wiley-Schwartz; Ron Thaniel, NACTO; Neil Kopper, Austin Department of Public Works; Katherine Watkins, City of Cambridge Department of Public Works; Romel Pascual, City of Los Angeles; Stephen Villavaso, CicLAvia
Photo Credits: NYC DOT; University City District, Philadelphia; Michael King, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates; David Vega-Barachowitz, NACTO; Michael Flynn, NYC DOT; Joshua Mello, City of Atlanta; Susan McLaughlin, Seattle DOT; Ariel Ben-Amos, City of Philadelphia; Olugbenro Ogunsemore; GREENGARAGE; Sherwood Engineers; Paul Supawanich
The graphic content and renderings produced for the Urban Street Design Guide drew upon many inspirations, foremost of which was the Boston Complete Streets Guidelines, produced by the Boston Transportation Department with Toole Design Group, and Utile, Inc. Architecture + Planning. Renderings in the design guide are intended to reflect real, built projects in cities across the United States and internationally.