Category: Guidebooks
Guide to Urban Farming in New York State
This new urban farming guide includes tips for advocating for urban agriculture, engaging communities, dealing with contaminated soils, intensive growing techniques, urban composting, site security, urban livestock, direct marking options, and grant and… more »
Permitting Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Improving Municipal Stormwater Permits and Protecting Water Quality
American Rivers has released this new guide to permitting approaches that encourage or require low impact development or green infrastructure. The guide combines model permit language with excerpts from comment letters that have helped to drive permit e… more »
Rightsizing Streets Guide
The Project for Public Spaces recently released this new online publication, which aims to help planners and community members update their streets to make them 'right' for their context. The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case stu… more »
Rural Design: A New Design Discipline
Rural Design spotlights examples of design approaches that help rural communities make land use, architectural, and aesthetic decisions that enhance their quality of life and the environment. The book connects social, artistic, cultural, technological,… more »
Rural Transportation Topic Guide
Easter Seals Project Action (ESPA), the National Transit Assistance Program, and the National Center on Senior Transportation have released this guide for transportation practitioners and advocates who are planning Complete Streets in rural areas. The g… more »
Traffic Monitoring for Non-Motorized Traffic
The Federal Highway Administration has published new national guidance on measuring pedestrian and bicycle usage. The guidance describes best practices and equipment for conducting counts and interpreting collected data. Having a better understanding of… more »
Making the Most of MAP-21: A Guide to the 2012 Federal Transportation Law
Transportation for America recently released this handbook to help stakeholders understand and engage in implementing the new federal transportation law adopted in the summer of 2012. The book features information on the key features of the new program,… more »
Urban Street Design Guidebook
Produced by the National Organization of City Transportation Officials, this new guide to urban street design is an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of new ideas in urban planning.
For more information: http://americancity.org/daily/entry/a-… more »
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