ABSTRACT
Street design determines how drivers behave on the street, whether pedestrians feel safe to walk and linger, and what kinds of businesses and housing are built along its edges. Many cities are adding even more classifications that reflect their own communities, such as local streets with very low speeds and very pedestrian-friendly main streets. People do not simply need more information on the street to help them navigate. They need information that is tied to more senses or, sometimes, they need no information at all. Streets do not need to have permanent speed limits; dynamic traffic controls and programmable speed signs allow speeds to change to improve traffic flow as needed. Woonerfs (living streets) developed in Holland, were the inspiration for the Complete Streets movement. After building many separated bike and pedestrian facilities, the Dutch recognized that mode conflicts still existed so they reintegrated everyone back into the roadway.
