The Model Design Manual for Living Streets, produced by the UCLA Complete Streets Initiative in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, received a National Planning Achievement Award for Best Practice from the American Planning Association.
 
Madeline Brozen
Madeline Brozen, program director of the Complete Streets Initiative, a Luskin School of Public Affairs-wide program working to achieve more livable and complete streets for people in the Los Angeles region, was joined by Luskin alumnus Ryan Snyder, in accepting the award during the association’s national conference in Chicago on April 16.
 
The Model Design Manual for Living Streets was collaboratively produced by transportation planning consulting firm Ryan Snyder Associates, the L.A. County Department of Public Health, UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation and Lewis Center, and dozens of experts across the country to provide guidance for cities seeking to update their existing road standard manuals with updated techniques and concepts. The approach seeks to ensure that all users of the streetscape, including pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders, can travel safely and comfortably in a transportation network that provides social, economic, and environmental benefits.
 
The manual has drawn notice by the U.S. Department of Transportation and municipalities across North America. Dozens of cities across the country are adopting its recommendations or customizing it to update their own guidelines. Read or download the manual here.