Recommended Reading: Below are some recommended readings grouped into five categories, Technical Writings, Traditional Neighborhood Design, Traffic Calming, and General Walkability Issues.
- AASHTO. A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 249, Washington, DC, 2001.
- American Public Works Association. Livable Neighborhoods: Rethinking Residential Streets. 1996.
- City of Portland Bureau of Traffic Management. Reclaiming Our Streets. 1120 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 730, Portland, OR 97204, 1993.
- City of Seattle Engineering Department. Making Streets That Work. 600 Fourth Avenue, 12th Floor, Seattle WA, 98104-1873, 1996.
- Collier County Transportation Services Department. Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. 3301 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL 33962, 1995.
- Ewing, Reid. Best Development Practices. Florida Department of Community Affairs, 1995.
- Institute of Transportation Engineers. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design. 525 School Street SW, Suite 410, Washington DC 20024-2792, 1993.
- Institute of Transportation Engineers. Traffic Engineering Handbook. 525 School Street SW, Suite 410, Washington DC 20024-2792, 1992.
- Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning. Speed Control in Residential Areas. 1993.
- National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances. Uniform Vehicle Code. 405 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201, 1987.
- Superintendent of Documents. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402.
Traditional Neighborhood Design:
- AASHTO. A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. 1994.
- American LIVES, Inc. 1994 Shopper and Homeowner Study, Community Features Home Buyers Pay For. March, 1995.
- American Public Works Association. Livable Neighborhoods: Rethinking Residential Streets. 1996.
- Burden, Dan. Twelve Steps Toward Walkable Communities. Florida Department of Transportation, 1995.
- City of Seattle Engineering Department. Making Streets That Work. 1996.
- Corbett, Judith and Joe Velasquez. "The Ahwahnee Principles: Toward More Livable Communities."Western City Magazine. September, 1994.
- Ewing, Reid. Transportation Service Standards - As If People Mattered. Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, 1996.
- Hamblem, Matt. "The Kentlands Charrette." Urban Land. September 10, 1988.
- Institute of Transportation Engineers. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design. 525 School Street SW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20024-2792, 1993.
- Murray, Maryanne. "City considers 'the big picture'." Fort Pierce Tribune. January 29, 1995.
- Muschamp, Herbert. "Can New Urbanism Find Room for the Old?" The New York Times. June 2, 1996.
- Pacelle, Mitchell. "More Stores Spurn Malls for the Village Square." Wall Street Journal. February 16, 1996.
- Swift, Peter, Dan Painter and Matthew Goldstein. Residential Street Typology and Injury Accident Frequency - Draft Report. Swift and Associates, 1997 .
- Wynne, Sharon Kennedy. "Good Sidewalks, Good Neighbors." St. Petersburg Times. August 19, 1995.
- Austroads. A Guide to Roundabouts, Part 6.
- Boivin, Robert and Jean-Francois Pronovost. The Bicycle: Global Perspectives. Velo Quebec Publication, 1992
- CART (Citizens Advocating Responsible Transportation). Traffic Calming, The Solution to Urban Traffic and a New Vision for Neighborhood Livability. Ashgrove, Australia, 1993.
- City of Portland, Oregon. Portland Pedestrian Design Guide.
- City of Portland, Oregon. Portland Pedestrian Master Plan.
- Cleary, Johanna. Cyclists and Traffic Calming. CTC Technical Note.
- Dade County, Florida. Neighborhood Traffic Management.
- Davies, David G. Research Development and Implementation of Pedestrian Facilities in the United Kingdom. David Davies Associates, 6 Hillside Road, Norwich, NR7 0QG, United Kingdom.
- Department of Transport, United Kingdom. Cycle-Friendly Infrastructure, Guidelines for Planning & Design, Part II, Reducing, Calming and Managing Traffic.
- Ewing, Reid. Pedestrian - and Transit - Friendly Design.
- FHWA. Traffic Calming, Auto-Restricted Zones and Other Traffic Management Techniques - Their Effects on Bicycling and Pedestrians, National Bicycling and Walking Study. Case Study No. 19, January 1994.
- Geddes, Hernsing, Locher and Zein. Safety Benefits of Traffic Calming, Hamilton Associates Engineering and Planning Consultants for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1996.
- Governing Magazine, "Angels in the News Room."
- Governing Magazine, "So Long, Civil Service - River Front Dreams."
- Hoyle, Cynthia L. Traffic Calming. American Planning Association, Planning ADVISORY Service Report No. 456, July, 1995.
- Hummel, T. Dutch. Pedestrian Research Review. SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, Netherlands.
- ITE. Educating the Public on Neighborhood Traffic Calming (video), Code # VHS-028.
- ITE. A Guidebook for Residential Traffic Management, Final Report. December, 1994.
- ITE. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps.
- Jacobs, Allen B., Yodan Y. Rofe and Elizabeth SacDonals. Boulevards: Study of Safety, Behavior and Usefulness.
- Project for Public Spaces, Inc. Getting Back to Place - Using Streets to Rebuild Communities.
- Ribbens & Schermers. Traffic Calming as a Means for Promoting Pedestrian Safety in Urban Areas in South Africa. Transportek, CSIR, South Africa, Transportation Research Board Paper No. 97/1175, January, 1997.
- Sarkar, Nederveen and Pols. Role of Traffic Calming in Improving Pedestrian Safety. University of Pennsylvania and Delft Institute of Technology.
- Savage, William F. and Khaled Al-Sahili. Traffic Circles - A Viable Form of Intersection Control?. ITE Journal, 1994.
- Stanlye, Sarah. Walkable Cities, Liveable Streets, An Introduction to Pedestrian Safety Programs. Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation of America, November, 1996.
- Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
- Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
- Appleyard, Donald. Livable Streets. University of California Press, 1981.
- Calthorpe, Peter. The Next American Metropolis. Princeton Architectural Press, 1993.
- Engwicht, David. Reclaiming Our Towns and Villages. 1994.
- Hiss, Tony. The Expreience of Place. The Vintage Books Edition, 1991. Jacobs, Allan. Great Streets. MIT Press, 1993.
- Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintage Book, 1961.
- Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese?. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
- Kunstler, James Howard. Geography of Nowhere. Simon & Schuster, 1993.
- Kunstler, James Howard. Home from Nowhere. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
- Loeb, Paul Rogat. Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time. St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Putnam, Robert. Bowling Alone - The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
- Whyte, William. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Doubleday, 2001.