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This past weekend, Alliance President/CEO Jeff Miller took a trip out West to participate in the California Bike Summit. The event was an energizing gathering of top talent from across the state, Jeff raved, including key leadership from Alliance organizations like the California Bicycle Coalition and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

Among the more than 140 attendees, Jeff had a chance to catch up with Ryan Snyder, president of Ryan Snyder Associates, a progressive transportation planning consulting firm in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Ryan’s firm helped to convene a writing charrette that brought together national experts in engineering, transportation, health and advocacy. The result? The new Model Design Manual for Living Streets.

The Manual takes the concept of Complete Streets to the next level, addressing accommodations for pedestrian and bicyclists but also incorporating “features that make streets lively, beautiful, economically vibrant as well as environmentally sustainable.”

The Manual also addresses myths and misconceptions about the requirements of current road design guidance, like the MUTCD and AASHTO’s Green Book, and encourages cities to use the Model Street Design Manual “in any way that helps them update their current practices, including adopting the entire manual, adopting certain chapters in full or part, modifying or customizing chapters to suit each city’s needs.”

Of course, this new electronic publication comes on the heels of the print release of another great resource: The Urban Bikeway Design Guide from NACTO.

You can download the Living Streets Manual and the Bikeway Design Guide in the Alliance Resource Library.