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The Institute of Transportation Engineers recently adopted a new recommended practice (RP), “Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach.” This article provides an overview of the new RP and discusses its benefits. Two case studies of cities that have successfully used the RP for highway realignment and a transit-oriented development projects. The goal of the RP is to bridge the gap between conventional geometric design of streets and highways and design that supports the complex multiple functions of traditional streets. The RP provides a resource for implementing complete streets and a design approach with demonstrated success. Since the RP was developed over a seven-year timeframe with input from hundreds of design professionals, practitioners can have confidence in the validity of the guidance. The RP can be used to design and implement projects to achieve complete streets goals. The ITE and its partners are now working to promote the adoption of the RP as a resource, standard or official guidance for states and municipalities.
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