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Creating livable streets: Street design guidelines for 2040

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The second edition of the handbook is now available. The handbook describes how communities can design streets to be people friendly and includes detailed illustrations of designs that integrate streets with nearby land uses.

How to order

Handbooks are 11 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall in size, with soft covers and spiral bindings. Single copies of the handbooks are free (including shipping) to residents of the metro region; there is a charge for multiple copies. Handbooks are for sale to residents outside the metro region.

Buy online using the link below. To place your order by phone or e-mail, or if you have questions, call 503-797-1500 or send e-mail to 2040@oregonmetro.gov.

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Creating livable streets: Street design guidelines for 2040
Published: June 2002

Price: $14.95

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Originally published in 1997, the updated second edition of this award-winning handbook describes general guidelines that should be considered when designing new streets or upgrading existing streets in any community. The handbook also includes detailed illustrations and photographs of street designs that successfuly integrate streets with nearby land uses to enhance safety and promote community livability.

The handbook provides specific tools that complement strategies and policies identified in the Regional Transportation Plan and the 2040 Growth Concept. Street design elements such as sidewalks, crosswalks, bikeways, street trees, landscaping that separates the sidewalk from the street, street lighting, bus shelters and corner curb extensions provide a safer environment that can slow traffic and encourage walking, bicycling and transit use. Specific design considerations addressed in the handbook, include:

• how streets can be retrofitted and upgraded with pedestrian-oriented amenities to promote walking, bicycling and the use of transit
• how to ensure that pedestrian improvements do not preclude reasonable truck and bus movement at major intersections and that truck and bus improvements do not inhibit pedestrian movement
• how streets should integrate bikeways
• how site access along regional arterials with continuous commercial or mixed-use development can be controlled to improve safety, function and appearance
• how to make tradeoffs between regional street design elements where right of way constraints limit desired design elements

Need assistance?

Regional Transportation Planning
503-797-1750
2040@oregonmetro.gov