Street Design – A Review of UK and International Practice

How does street design compare from country to country? What guidance is available? How will changes in technology change the shape of streets?

The event is open to all practitioners from all backgrounds involved in urban design including: highway engineers, landscape architects, transport planners, masterplanners, safety auditors, access specialists, town planners, developers, housebuilders and so on.

NACTO Urban Street Design Guide - 2013 - USA

National Association of City Transportation Officials

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2012-nacto-urban-street-design-guide.pdf

Introduced by Joe Holyoak, Consultant, and member of the Urban Design Editorial Board

Street Design Guidance in Germany

German Urban Streets Manual, RASt06,"Directives for the Design of Urban Roads", published by FGSV, Koeln

This guide presents a fully integrated approach to street design, with the starting point...'what kind of place is this', what uses especially need considering.

For ‚¬59.70you can buy the English version of RASt06/Translation 2012 [FGSV-Nr. 200E]

at FGSV-Verlag:www.fgsv-verlag.de: (http://www.fgsv-verlag.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3172)

Graham Smith, consultant, CTC Board member, and National Urban Design Award Winner 2012, and translator of the guide will provide an overivew.

Manual for Streets - Stories, Challenges, Failures,

Phil Jones, Phil Jones Associates - Co-Author of Manual for Streets, and Manual for Streets 2

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Tickets can be purchased at the door from 6.00pm priced at:

· £3.00 for UDG members

· £7.00 for non-members

· £1.00 for UDG member students

· £3.00 for non-member students