Active Transportation Resources

Design Tools

National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

NACTO provide and on-line Urban Bikeway Design Guide and the Urban Street Design Guide that define the state of the art of street design.  The Active Transportation Plan often references these guidelines.

street mixStreet Mix

Street Mix is a great on-line tool for developing street cross sections.  We use Street Mix to develop the cross sections for the plan and you can too.

Blockee

Blockee is a web based “Civic Bling” tool that brings your ideas to life.See what your ideas might look like on your block with this great tool.

Other Useful Links

Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission

LARPC has a wealth of information on land use, demographics, transportation, crashes and existing plans that were instrumental in the development of this plan.  In particular we have found the following materials helpful in creating the plan:

Lima/Allen County Regional Transit Authority

Interactive Fixed Route Map

 

Complete Streets/Smart Growth

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/ Interactive Fixed Route Map