Resumen:
Today, society is moving toward a more sustainable way of life, with cities everywhere aspiring to become high-quality places to live, work, and play. Streets are fundamental to this shift. They define our system of movement, create connections between places, and offer opportunities to reconnect to natural systems. There is an increasing realization that the right-of-way is a critical and under-recognized resource for transformation, with new models being tested to create a better public realm, support balanced transportation options, and provide sustainable solutions for stormwater and landscaping.
Living Streets provides practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street use and design. Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, the book brings insights and experience from urban planning, transportation planning, and civil engineering perspectives. It includes examples from many completed street design projects from around the world, an overview of the design and policy tools that have been successful, and guidance to help get past the predictable obstacles to implementation: Who makes decisions in the right-of-way? Who takes responsibility? How can regulations be changed to allow better use of the right-of-way?
Living Streets informs you of the benefits of creating streets that are healthier, more pleasant parts of life:
• Thoughtful planning of the location, uses, and textures of the spaces in which we live encourages people to use public space more often, be more active, and possibly live healthier lives.
• A walkable community makes life easier and more pleasant for everyone, especially for vulnerable populations within the larger community whose transportation limitations reduce access to jobs, healthy food, health care, recreation, and social interaction.
• Streets present opportunities to improve the natural environment while adding to neighborhood character, offering beauty, providing shade, and improving air quality.
If you're an urban planner, designer, transportation engineer, or civil engineer, Living Streets is the ultimate guide for the creation of more humane streetscapes that connect neighborhoods and inspire people.

Contenido:
Chapter 1 PLACEMAKING IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
The Function of Places
Why Invest in a Quality Public Realm?
Placemaking and Design
Encouraging the Use of Public Space
Reclaiming Right-of-Way for Public Places
Considering All the Elements in the Right-of-Way
Chapter2 MOBILITY
Connecting People to Places
Why Have Walkable, Bikeable Communities?
The Size and Shape of Movement
The Pace of Movement
A Shift in Thinking
Chapter 3 NATURAL SYSTEMS
Reconnecting Cities to Nature
Urban Biodiversity
Natural Systems and Opportunities in the Right-of-Way
Why Reconnect Nature and the City?
Chapter4 ELEMENTS
Places to Move Through
Materials
Intersections
Bicycle Facilities
Signage
Street Furniture
Street Trees and Landscaping
Swales and Rain Gardens
Curbs, Gutters, and Alternatives
Parking
Chapter5 INFLUENCES
Considering Context
Policy Foundation—Policies That Influence Street Design
Codes, Guidelines, and Standards
Reality Factors
Chapter6 TYPOLOGIES
Typologies Overview
Residential Streets
Green Streets
Alleys
Main Streets
Thoroughfares
Shared-Use Streets
Festival Streets
Chapter7 CASE STUDIES
Mint Plaza
Nord Alley
Central Annapolis Road
78thAvenue SE Shared Use
High Point
Barracks Row
New York City
Terry Avenue North
Chapter8 WHAT'S NEXT
Biophilic Cities: More Nature in the City
New Technologies
Building the Dream

Bibliografía: p. 299-309

Índice: p. 311-316