The Role of FHWA Programs in Livability: State of the Practice Summary

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Photo and Graphic Credits

Multimodal Roadway Network Simulation

Urban Advantage, CD+A, & H.B. Rue for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission

Rural highway incorporating livability and sustainability principles

Urban Advantage, CD+A, & H.B. Rue for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission

Street Tree in a Curb Extension

Dan Burden

Hamburg's roundabouts and road diet

Dan Burden

Aerial view of I-277 reconstruction in Charlotte, North Carolina

City of Charlotte

Reconfigured lanes on Broadway in New York City

H.B. Rue

New pedestrian and bicycle path along Haxton Way

Robert Pell for the Lummi Nation

Grand Canyon Shuttle bus service

National Park Service

Photo-simulation of potential improvements to a Honolulu roadway

Urban Advantage & H.B. Rue for the City and County of Honolulu

Lake Monticello, Virginia vision plan

Renaissance Planning Group for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission

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