UCLA and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's RENEW LA County program are debuting on Oct. 6 the "Model Design Manual for Living Streets" to expand opportunities for people to bicycle and walk as part of an obesity-prevention effort.
The manual, supported by a RENEW LA grant, and in partnership with the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation [3], provides guidance for cities seeking to update their existing road standard manuals with new techniques to reflect a greater emphasis on active transportation. It expands on traditional street standards by including principles for reducing stormwater run-off in streets and thereby increasing environmental sustainability. The manual was written by a team of national, regional and local experts in traffic engineering, transportation planning, land-use planning, architecture, public health and other fields.
See the full release [4]
Read Model Design Manual for Living Streets [5]
Read The Atlantic magazine story [6]
Links:
[1] http://luskin.ucla.edu/home
[2] http://luskin.ucla.edu/school-public-affairs
[3] http://luskin.ucla.edu/
[4] http://luskin.ucla.edu/news/luskin-center/ucla-newsroom-press-release-living-street-manuals-public-launch
[5] http://www.modelstreetdesignmanual.com/
[6] http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2011/10/combating-obesity-street-design/256/