Bringing NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide online
NACTO asked BlinkTag to build the original web edition of its Urban Street Design Guide, launched alongside the print publication in 2013. The guide presents street design practices for walking, cycling, transit, and public life.
“NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide is a toolkit for cities to create safe, multi-modal streets that meet the needs of all users…”
We turned a richly illustrated publication into a searchable, interactive resource. Readers could browse chapters, explore annotated illustrations, and view additional photographs, case studies, and videos beyond the printed edition.
The web format made individual sections easy to share in planning discussions and opened the material to readers without a copy of the book. NACTO supplied the design guidance; BlinkTag built the digital experience that helped people find and use it.
Janette Sadik-Khan introduced the guide, including its web edition, at the 2013 launch in Washington, D.C. The event brought NACTO’s street design guidance and the new digital resource to an audience of transportation practitioners.
Coverage of the guide
Streetsblog covered the guide’s launch, and Curbed later referenced its approach to intersection safety. This story describes our original implementation; NACTO’s current website has since changed.
