Designing for sustainable mobility.
On this page, we’ve created a list in progress of various things we’ve found interesting and useful which might be interesting or useful to you. Why in progress? Well, thinking about streets, places and design is a constantly evolving space and there is always something to be added! We’ve provided weblinks where possible, but some resources will need to be tracked down or borrowed in the old fashioned paper form.
There is always a health warning about the age of guidance and other texts because things do move on, but is is also valuable to understand where we have come from and in many cases, the principles are timeless. It is always worth critically evaluating where our inspiration comes from.
Design Guidance
The Bicycle Planning Book, Mike Hudson, Open Books/ Friends of the Earth, 1978.
Cycle-friendly Infrastructure, Cyclists’ Touring Club, 1996
Recommendations for Traffic Provisions in Built-up Areas, CROW 1998.
Traffic Calming Techniques, IHT/CSS, 2005.
Inclusive Urban Design Streets for Life, Elizabeth Burton & Lynne Mitchell, Routledge, 2006.
Urban Street Design Guide (NACTO), Island Press, 2013.
Urban Bikeway Design Guide (NACTO), Island Press, 2014.
Designing for Walking, CIHT, 2015.
Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic, CROW, 2016.
Global Street Design Guide (GDCI/NACTO), Island Press, 2016.
Accessible Bus Stop Guidance, TfL, 2017.
Urban Street Stormwater Guide (NACTO), Island Press, 2017.
Designing for Cycle Traffic, John Parkin, ICE, 2018.
Designing Rain Gardens, A Practical Guide, UDL, 2018.
Designing Streets for Kids (GDCI/ NACTO), Island Press, 2020.
Local Transport Note 1/20 – Cycle Infrastructure Design, DfT, 2020.
Roadwork: Theory & Practice, Malcolm Copson, Peter Kendrick & Steve Beresford, Routledge, 2020.
Active Travel Act Guidance, Welsh Government, 2021.
Cycling by Design, Transport Scotland, 2021.
Local Transport Note 1/24 – Bus User Priority, 2024.
Research
Cycling in pedestrian areas, TRL, 1993.
Alternative routes for cyclists around pedestrian areas, TRL, 1998.
Cycling in vehicle restricted areas, TRL, 2003.
Books
Death on the Streets, Robert Davis, Leading Edge, 1992.
Happy City, Charles Montgomery, Penguin Random House, 2013.
Building the Cycling City, Melissa Bruntlett & Chris Bruntlett, Island Press, 2018.
Crash Course, Woodrow Phoenix, Street Noise, 2020.
Curbing Traffic, Melissa Bruntlett & Chris Bruntlett, Island Press, 2021.
The Miracle Pill, Peter Walker, Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Mark’s Published Work
The Ranty Highwayman Blog, since November 2012.
The Ranty Highwayman, Highways Magazine, since March 2014.
Beyond the Bicycle, LinkedIn, 2020.
Going Dutch – five lessons in good cycling infrastructure from the Netherlands, ICE, 2020 (webinar).
Cheeky Junctions, Zag Daily, 2020 (quoted).
Paving The Way, Cycling Industry News, 2021.
Streets Ahead, Pearson 1860, 2021 (quoted).
Driving vs Active Travel: Changing Our Cultural Perceptions, CIHT, 2023.
Permission to Cross, Transport Practitioners’ Meeting, PTRC Training, 2023.
What are TROs and why should you care? Practical Democracy Podcast, Delib, 2023.
We Visited Britain’s Most Dangerous Intersection, Global Cycling Network, August 2025.
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