The Street Typology Manual is a practical tool intended to establish a unified quality standard for the development of Riga’s streets, thereby promoting a sustainable modal split and supporting the city’s strategic goals. The Manual compiles principles and techniques for creating a functionally balanced and modern street space in an accessible format. The Street Typology Manual for Riga is intended as a living document: regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that it reflects practical insights, legislative changes, and technological innovations. Future editions will expand the Manual to include design principles for street paving and accessibility features The Street Typology Manual is made for everyone involved in street development at any stage of the process: analysis, planning, design, construction, or maintenance.
The Manual will be useful for anyone who is responsible for commissioning and overseeing street projects, such as municipal employees and property developers. It will serve as a daily resource for streetscape designers, including road engineers, landscape architects, architects, and urban planners. For the wider public, the Manual will serve as an informational and educational resource.
The Manual identifies the most common street types in Riga, organizes them into a hierarchical system, and offers model solutions based on street dimensions, traffic intensity, and urban activity. Streets that do not fit into any defined type — such as those in the Old Town or along the Daugava River — are defined as exceptions. While the Manual’s methods can be applied, their design requires a deeper analysis of the specific situation and may necessitate developing alternative or unconventional solutions.
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