More Resources

Here are additional resources to help envision the evolution of streets, how and why new types of streets are needed, and other tools and resources.

1. Eye gaze implications, chapter

2. Review (appearing in Journal of Urban Affairs) of a recently published book discussing the future of transport.

3. Video excerpt by ABC Denver's, 6:00 news (June 18), where course instructor (Kevin J. Krizek) speaks about the opportunity of outdoor dining to re-conceptualize street space (spot begins at 4:00)

4. Graphic showing how Phoenix streets have changed.

5. Slides (1875-2020) showing how Congress Avenue in Austin (TX) has changed.

6. A case for street reform for "Road Transport Planning at the Urban Scale."

7. Chapter 6 in Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning offers refreshing insights to the value of street space and opportunities to tackle new challenges.

8. Streets for people website, stemming from work by A. Mondschein at the University of Virginia.

9. The Civic Design Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Nashville, Tennessee that works to improving the quality of life for all residents through community engagement, education, and design. Their Design Your Ideal 2nd Ave project allows people the opportunity to educate themselves, give input, and be apart of the process.

10. City Tech Collaborative is a nonprofit organization and member-driven consortium that acts as an urban solutions accelerator that tackles problems too big for any single sector or organization to solve alone. Their mission is to accelerate technology-enabled solutions to make cities happier, healthier, and more productive.

11. NYC 25x25 is a challenge to New York City’s next leaders to address the inequitable distribution of public space and the ongoing harm of car traffic to New Yorkers’ health/safety, climate, and economy. This coalition is asking next leaders to be bold and address this problem head-on by repurposing 25% of street space by 2025 and you can join!

12. Street Design Principles v.1, created by Sidewalk Labs, is a living document (updated periodically) that proposes design principles that strive to harness advances that create safer and more flexible streets. Sidewalk Labs' mission is to radically improve the quality of life in cities.

13. Streetmix is a website that allows you to design, remix, and share your street, and others, to learn about how changes to your street can impact your community. This is an open-source site and they have a Streetmix blog!

14. City LivEAbility by Redesign (CLEAR) is a project funded by EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) Urban Mobility that aims to change the way people interact with and view streets by launching real life experiments that introduce alternative and progressive interventions.

15. What is the larger picture of ENVD education at CU? Watch this vid.