History/Theory
A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander
American Vitruvius: An Architect’s Handbook of Civic Art, by Werner Hegemann & Albert Peets
Architecture: Choice or Fate, by Leon Krier
The City Shaped, Spiro Kostof; also, The City Assembled, by Spiro Kostof
City Comforts, by David Sucher
Finding Lost Space: Theories in Urban Design, by Roger Trancik
Fundamentals of Urban Design, by Richard Hedman
Houses, Palaces and Cities, by Leon Krier
The Image of the City, by Kevin Lynch
The Next American Metropolis, by Peter Calthorpe
Urban Design Handbook, By Urban Design Associates
The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention, By David W. Orr
The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design, by Anne Whiston Spirn
Commentary
Crabgrass Frontier, by Kenneth Jackson
The Geography of Nowhere, by James Howard Kunstler
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs
The Long Emergency, by James Howard Kunstler
Suburban Nation, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
Analysis / Case Studies
Asphalt Nation, Jane Holtz Kay
Cities: Rediscovering the Centre, by William H. Whyte
Collage City, by Colin Rowe
Developing Around Transit, by Urban Land Institute
Great Streets, by Allen Jacobs
Life between Buildings and New Spaces, Jan Gehl
Mixed-use Development Handbook, by Urban Land Institute
New Towns for Old, by John Nolen
Retrofitting Suburbia, Ellen Durham-Jones
Streets for People: A Primer for Americans, by Bernard Rudofsky
Townscape, by Gordon Cullen
Visualizing Density, by Julie Campoli and Alex S. MacLean
Best Development Practices, by Reid Ewing
Creating a Vibrant City Center: Urban Design and Regeneration Principles, by Cy Paumier
Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature, by Douglas Farr
Squares: A Public Space Design Guide or Urbanists, by Mark C. Childs
Development / Economy / Real Estate
New Transit Town, by Hank Dittmar and Gloria Ohland
The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream, by Christopher Leinberger
Redesigning Cities, by Jonathan Barnett
Eclectic
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, by David Brooks
Boomburbs: The Rise of America’s Accidental Cities, by Robert Land and Jennifer Lefurgy
Articles
“Carrollton Transit Center Code” by Townscape, Inc., Newman Jackson Bieberstein and Parsons Transportation Group
“Complete Streets”, New Urban News, December 2007
“Encouraging Transit Villages”, by LiveablePlaces.org
“Hidden in Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for Housing Near Transit”, by Reconnecting America
“Making a Great Place to Live”, by W. Brian Keith
“Making the Connection: TOD and Jobs” by Sarah Grady with Greg LeRoy
“A New Planning Template for TOD”, by Dick Nelson, John Niles, and Aharon Hibshoosh New Urban News, July/August 2006 (Part 1 and Part 2)
“Placemaking for the Creative Class”, by James Richards, ASLA
“The Second Coming of the American Small Town”, by Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
“Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit”, by Robert Dunphy, Deborah Myerson, and Michael Pawlukiewicz
“TOD moving from Rhetoric to Reality”, by Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler
“Transit Oriented Development”, by GB Arrington
“Transit Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature Review”, by Transit Cooperative Research Program
“TOD-Property Value Impacts”, By Nicole Monroe Layman and Brian Duffany
“Transit Oriented Development Resources Guide”, by Reconnecting America
“Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community”, by Local Government Commission and the US EPA
U.S. Organizations
Centre for Sustainable Transportation
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Livable Streets Initiative
National Complete Streets Coalition
Reconnecting America, Center for Transit-Oriented Development
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
Transportation for America
U.C. Davis Sustainable Transportation Center
International Organizations
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP): Moving Towards Sustainable Mobility
World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Sustainable Mobility Resources
“Biodiversity Planning and Design,” Elizabeth Leduc, Mary York, and Jack Ahern. Island Press, 2009
“Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change,” Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley and Heather Boyer, Island Press, 2009
Sustainable Transportation and Stormwater: Green Streets
Bioswales/Vegetated Swales, Florida Field Guide to Low Impact Development, 2008
Green Alleys, City of Chicago
Green Streets Initiative
Green Streets Program, Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland Government
NE Siskiyou Green Street, Portland, Oregon, Kevin Robert Perry
NYC Street Design Manual, Department of Transportation, NYC Government
Rethinking the Street Space: Why Street Design Matters, Planetizen, 2009
Streets Edge Alternatives (SEA Streets) Project, City of Seattle
Combating the Urban Heat Island Effect from transportation infrastructure
“Correlating Transportation, Energy Efficiency, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation,” David Leopold, Streetscape and Sustainable Design, City of Chicago
“Cool Pavements, Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies,” Environmental Protection Agency
"Europe’s Grass-lined Green Railways," Inhabitat.com, 2009
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