Street Design And Community Livability

There is a renewed effort in the United States towards ensuring that the design of transportation facilities enhances the cultural, social, historical, and of course, the natural environment. This shift in emphasis has been promoted in part by the ISTEA and TEA-21 acts of 1991 and 1998 and is reflected at the federal level by policy initiatives such as the recently published "Flexibility of Highway Design" by the Federal Highway Administration. At the local level, an example of the new approach is seen in the increased use of traffic calming techniques as viable options.