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Global Street Design Guide: Global Designing Cities Initiative
National Association Of City Transportation Officials
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Description for Global Street Design Guide: Global Designing Cities Initiative
Hardback. The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets. Num Pages: 460 pages, full clour illustrations. BIC Classification: RPC; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 281 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1352.
Each year, 1.2 million people die from traffic fatalities, highlighting the need to design streets that offer safe and enticing travel choices for all people. Cities around the world are facing the same challenges as cities in the US, and many of these problems are rooted in outdated codes and standards. The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets to include: access, safety, mobility for ... Read more
Each year, 1.2 million people die from traffic fatalities, highlighting the need to design streets that offer safe and enticing travel choices for all people. Cities around the world are facing the same challenges as cities in the US, and many of these problems are rooted in outdated codes and standards. The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets to include: access, safety, mobility for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781610917018
SKU
V9781610917018
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About National Association Of City Transportation Officials
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and launched in 2014, the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) focuses on the critical role of streets around the world. GDCI, working in partnership with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (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 exchanges ... Read more
Reviews for Global Street Design Guide: Global Designing Cities Initiative
Streets are the foundation of a city's entire social structure
getting around, working, living, shopping, and playing. With this guide, cities have, for the first time, a universal resource for creating cities that operate for everyone who uses them.
Enrique Penalosa, Mayor of Bogota This invaluable guide brings together extremely useful information and metrics that can assist city administrations, urban ... Read more
getting around, working, living, shopping, and playing. With this guide, cities have, for the first time, a universal resource for creating cities that operate for everyone who uses them.
Enrique Penalosa, Mayor of Bogota This invaluable guide brings together extremely useful information and metrics that can assist city administrations, urban ... Read more