The central mission of National Center for Safe Routes to School is to improve children’s safety while walking and bicycling. Learn more about the organization here. 

Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach was created through a partnership between the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). This manual acts as a how-to document that illustrates best practices for the creation and implementation of walkable, mixed-use streets. Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares has become a tool that transportation planners, public works departments, city leaders, and community members are using to design better streets, mitigate traffic, spur economic growth and act on public health concerns. Read the guide here. 

The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance on the planning, design, and operation of pedestrian facilities along streets and highways. The guide is available for purchase here.