Living streets manual steps out in LA
The Model Design Manual for Living Streets for Los Angeles has officially been released. The book takes the best advances in critical details like lane width, speed, street networks, transit, streetscape ecosystems and universal pedestrian access and applies them to the street network across Los Angeles County.
Ryan Snyder and Associates coordinated key new urbanists and Complete Streets experts to pull together the best recommendations from street design manuals, including the CNU/ITE Urban Thoroughfares manual.
CNU Board member Norman Garrick, former CNU staff member Ellen Greenberg, CNU Planning Director Heather Smith, and AECOM staff and former West Palm Beach traffic engineer Ian Lockwood led the writing of the Sustainable Street Network Chapter.
The Manual was created during a 2-day writing workshop, which brought together many national experts in sustainable streets concepts. This effort was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.
As an easily digestible document with clear graphics, the book allows citizens and engineers alike to use it for a neighborhood, thoroughfare, or local street. The manual makes a compelling public health case for streets that permit narrower lane widths, slower speeds, and allow pedestrian, bike, and transit activity to flourish.
