Global Street Design Guide
Created with the input of 72 cities and 42 countries, the Global Street Design Guide (GSDG) offers technical details to inform street design that prioritizes pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. The guide includes real-world examples of street and intersection transformations that improve road safety as well as the overall efficiency of urban streets.
Now be available in five languages and endorsed by 100+ cities, countries, and organizations The Global Street Design Guide encourages cities to ask what's possible of their streets, encouraging them to rethink, re-imagine, and redesign how this finite space in cities can serve more people and more functions.
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