Transit and cities grow together. As cities work to become more compact; sustainable; and healthy; their work is paying dividends: in 2014; Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transit; the highest since the dawn of the highway era. But most of these trips are on streets that were designed to move private cars; with transit as an afterthought. The NACTO Transit Street Design Guide places transit where it belongs; at the heart of street design. The guide shows how streets of every size can be redesigned to create great transit streets; supporting great neighborhoods and downtowns. The Transit Street Design Guide is a well-illustrated; detailed introduction to designing streets for high-quality transit; from local buses to BRT; from streetcars to light rail. Drawing on the expertise of a peer network and case studies from across North America; the guide provides a much-needed link between transit planning; transportation engineering; and street design. The Transit Street Design Guide presents a new set of core principles; street typologies; and design strategies that shift the paradigm for streets; from merely accommodating service to actively prioritizing great transit. The book expands on the transit information in the acclaimed Urban Street Design Guide; with sections on comprehensive transit street design; lane design and materials; stations and stops; intersection strategies; and city transit networks. It also details performance measures and outlines how to make the case for great transit street design in cities. The guide is built on simple math: allocating scarce space to transit instead of private automobiles greatly expands the number of people a street can move. Street design and decisions made by cities; from how to time signals to where bus stops are placed; can dramatically change how transit works and how people use it. The Transit Street Design Guide is a vital resource for every transportation planner; transit operations planner; and city traffic engineer working on making streets that move more people more efficiently and affordably.
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