APA and John Wiley & Sons Set a New Standard for Planning and Urban Design

The new reference book from APA and John Wiley & Sons, Planning and Urban Design Standards, is the definitive guide to principles and techniques used by planners, designers, and their partners in community building. This comprehensive sourcebook is the latest addition to Wiley's respected Graphic Standards collection.

As managing editor of Planning and Urban Design Standards, APA worked with more than 200 practicing planners, designers, and scholars to compile best practices for all the varied elements of planning and urban design.

With extensive illustrations and concise explanations, the book is a quick reference focused on practical applications. It is a must-have guidebook for planning agencies, scholars, and professionals in allied fields.

See excerpts from the book
Minor arterial roads are just 10 percent of urban streets, but they carry more than half of vehicle miles traveled. Local streets account for 90 percent of street mileage but carry less than 10 percent of vehicle miles traveled.

Click here to view an excerpt of the section on the characteristics and relationships of road and street types.

On-street bikeways bring enormous benefits to both the cycling and noncycling public. Bikeways create opportunities to incorporate exercise into one's daily routine, and bring air, noise, and water quality benefits.

Click here to view an excerpt of the section on bikeways.

Over the years, planners have become aware of the deficiencies of regulating development through traditional ("Euclidean") zoning, particularly of the single-use district variety, and stand-alone subdivision regulations.

Click here to view an excerpt of the section on local zoning regulations.

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Funding from the Planning Foundation of APA
Planning and Urban Design Standards was funded in part by the Planning Foundation of APA. In addition to scholarships, community equity programs, and other philanthropic activities that the American Planning Association has long supported, the Foundation also underwrites special research projects and creative ways to tell the planning story to an expanded audience. Planning and Urban Design Standards is an outstanding example of both. Find out more or donate at www.planning.org/foundation.