Over a decade ago, the first edition of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide sparked a design revolution in cities. City streets are now understood as key elements in confronting the intertwined safety, equity, and climate crises in North America.
The completely revised and updated third edition of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide sets a new standard for street design in North America. Developed for cities, by cities, the new guide is more than a permission slip for better street design--it's a prescription for safe, connected, equitable bike networks. It captures lessons learned and emerging practices to set a new bar for the design of city streets.
The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Third Edition, will help city leaders and street designers meet the needs of our time. New topics address critical gaps in existing guidance for planning and project development. Contextual guidance for bikeway design encompasses the needs of a wider swath of potential riders, across genders, ages, races, ethnicities, incomes, and abilities. The guide offers substantive guidance for safe intersection design, with a focus on conflict reduction. It is a blueprint for implementing safe, connected, and equitable bike networks. Every transportation professional, from design to maintenance and from field staff to executives, needs a copy for their daily work.
Praise for the second edition
"NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide gives American planners and designers the tools they need to make cycling accessible to more people."
-Janette Sadik-Khan, former New York City Transportation Commissioner
"This is an extraordinary piece of work that's long overdue."
-Ray LaHood, former United States Secretary of Transportation
"The guide will serve as an essential blueprint for safe, active, multi-modal streets."
-Gabe Klein, former Chicago Transportation Commissioner
"A Must-read… Landscape architects, planners, and city officials should find this guide invaluable. Anyone who advocates for increasing bicycle infrastructure in our cities will find many useful tools for implementing best practice infrastructure."
―ASLA's The Dirt
"We commend NACTO for their work with local planners and designers to build safer streets and more connected bikeway networks, and the newest edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide will be an important resource for communities as they improve safety and design for cyclists, pedestrians, and everyone who uses our streets and roads."---Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation "The Urban Bikeway Design Guide shows cities how to build bikeways that are safe and enjoyable for everyone, and how to design streets that support healthy, sustainable, and vibrant neighborhoods."---Cavalier Johnson, Mayor of Milwaukee, WI "The story of urban design over the last decade is the story of the transformation of city streets into safe, bikeable places. The Urban Bikeway Design Guide is the source code for this new cycling era, and includes hundreds of innovative, easy to implement designs that meet the needs of cities today."---Janette Sadik-Khan, NACTO Chair; Principal, Bloomberg Associates; Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation "What is most exciting about this edition of the bikeway guide is the expanded focus on maintenance. Thinking about maintenance during the planning and design process will lead to better infrastructure for cities."---Veronica O. Davis, P.E., Director of Cities, AtkinsRéalis and former City of Houston Director of Transportation & Drainage Operations, author of 'Inclusive Transportation' "The Urban Bikeway Design Guide goes beyond a vision for biking and transportation-it shows how connecting with communities, true engagement with stakeholders on the ground, and a thoughtful, equitable approach to planning create better outcomes for cities."---tamika butler, Founder + Principal Tamika Butler Consulting
