diff --git a/codegen/src/macros/uri.rs b/codegen/src/macros/uri.rs
index 3816b951..c25c8432 100644
--- a/codegen/src/macros/uri.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/macros/uri.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@ pub fn uri_internal(
 
     MacEager::expr(quote_expr!(ecx, {
         $argument_stmts
-        ::rocket::http::uri::URI::from(format!($fmt_string, $format_assign_tokens))
+        ::rocket::http::uri::Uri::from(format!($fmt_string, $format_assign_tokens))
     }))
 }
diff --git a/codegen/src/parser/route.rs b/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
index 482cc8a7..bc0ded6d 100644
--- a/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use super::Function;
 use super::keyvalue::KVSpanned;
 use super::uri::validate_uri;
 use rocket::http::{Method, MediaType};
-use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
 
 /// This structure represents the parsed `route` attribute.
 ///
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use rocket::http::uri::URI;
 pub struct RouteParams {
     pub annotated_fn: Function,
     pub method: Spanned<Method>,
-    pub uri: Spanned<URI<'static>>,
+    pub uri: Spanned<Uri<'static>>,
     pub data_param: Option<KVSpanned<Ident>>,
     pub query_param: Option<Spanned<Ident>>,
     pub format: Option<KVSpanned<MediaType>>,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fn parse_method(ecx: &ExtCtxt, meta_item: &NestedMetaItem) -> Spanned<Method> {
 
 fn parse_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt,
               meta_item: &NestedMetaItem)
-              -> (Spanned<URI<'static>>, Option<Spanned<Ident>>) {
+              -> (Spanned<Uri<'static>>, Option<Spanned<Ident>>) {
     let sp = meta_item.span();
     if let Some((name, lit)) = meta_item.name_value() {
         if name != &"path" {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fn parse_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt,
             .emit();
     }
 
-    (dummy_spanned(URI::new("")), None)
+    (dummy_spanned(Uri::new("")), None)
 }
 
 fn parse_opt<O, T, F>(ecx: &ExtCtxt, kv: &KVSpanned<T>, f: F) -> Option<KVSpanned<O>>
diff --git a/codegen/src/parser/uri.rs b/codegen/src/parser/uri.rs
index feebeed9..bd137881 100644
--- a/codegen/src/parser/uri.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/parser/uri.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use syntax::ast::*;
 use syntax::codemap::{Span, Spanned, dummy_spanned};
 use syntax::ext::base::ExtCtxt;
 
-use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
 use super::route::param_to_ident;
 use utils::{span, SpanExt, is_valid_ident};
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use utils::{span, SpanExt, is_valid_ident};
 // stripped out at runtime. So, to avoid any confusion, we issue an error at
 // compile-time for empty segments. At the moment, this disallows trailing
 // slashes as well, since then the last segment is empty.
-fn valid_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &URI, sp: Span) -> bool {
+fn valid_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &Uri, sp: Span) -> bool {
     let cleaned = uri.to_string();
     if !uri.as_str().starts_with('/') {
         ecx.struct_span_err(sp, "route paths must be absolute")
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn valid_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &URI, sp: Span) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
-fn valid_segments(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &URI, sp: Span) -> bool {
+fn valid_segments(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &Uri, sp: Span) -> bool {
     let mut validated = true;
     let mut segments_span = None;
     for segment in uri.segments() {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn valid_segments(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &URI, sp: Span) -> bool {
             }
 
             validated = false;
-        } else if URI::percent_encode(segment) != segment {
+        } else if Uri::percent_encode(segment) != segment {
             if segment.contains("<") || segment.contains(">") {
                 ecx.struct_span_err(span, "malformed parameter")
                     .help("parameters must be of the form '<param>'")
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ fn valid_segments(ecx: &ExtCtxt, uri: &URI, sp: Span) -> bool {
 pub fn validate_uri(ecx: &ExtCtxt,
                     string: &str,
                     sp: Span)
-                    -> (Spanned<URI<'static>>, Option<Spanned<Ident>>) {
-    let uri = URI::from(string.to_string());
+                    -> (Spanned<Uri<'static>>, Option<Spanned<Ident>>) {
+    let uri = Uri::from(string.to_string());
     let query_param = string.find('?')
         .map(|i| span(&string[(i + 1)..], sp.trim_left(i + 1)))
         .and_then(|spanned_q_param| param_to_ident(ecx, spanned_q_param));
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ pub fn validate_uri(ecx: &ExtCtxt,
     if valid_segments(ecx, &uri, sp) && valid_path(ecx, &uri, sp) {
         (span(uri, sp), query_param)
     } else {
-        (dummy_spanned(URI::new("")), query_param)
+        (dummy_spanned(Uri::new("")), query_param)
     }
 }
diff --git a/codegen/tests/typed-uris.rs b/codegen/tests/typed-uris.rs
index a9730288..0e32f045 100644
--- a/codegen/tests/typed-uris.rs
+++ b/codegen/tests/typed-uris.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extern crate rocket;
 use std::fmt;
 
 use rocket::http::{RawStr, Cookies};
-use rocket::http::uri::{URI, UriDisplay};
+use rocket::http::uri::{Uri, UriDisplay};
 use rocket::request::Form;
 
 #[derive(FromForm)]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn complex<'r>(
 ) -> &'static str { "" }
 
 macro assert_uri_eq($($uri:expr => $expected:expr,)+) {
-    $(assert_eq!($uri, URI::from($expected));)+
+    $(assert_eq!($uri, Uri::from($expected));)+
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/lib/src/http/uri.rs b/lib/src/http/uri.rs
index 83eb913a..3ae73656 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/uri.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/uri.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const EMPTY: isize = -1;
 // TODO: Reconsider deriving PartialEq and Eq to make "//a/b" == "/a/b".
 /// Borrowed string type for absolute URIs.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct URI<'a> {
+pub struct Uri<'a> {
     uri: Cow<'a, str>,
     path: Index,
     query: Option<Index>,
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ pub struct URI<'a> {
     segment_count: AtomicIsize,
 }
 
-impl<'a> URI<'a> {
+impl<'a> Uri<'a> {
     /// Constructs a new URI from a given string. The URI is assumed to be an
     /// absolute, well formed URI.
-    pub fn new<T: Into<Cow<'a, str>>>(uri: T) -> URI<'a> {
+    pub fn new<T: Into<Cow<'a, str>>>(uri: T) -> Uri<'a> {
         let uri = uri.into();
         let qmark = uri.find('?');
         let hmark = uri.find('#');
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
             (None, None) => ((0, end), None, None),
         };
 
-        URI {
+        Uri {
             uri: uri,
             path: path,
             query: query,
@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A valid URI with only non-empty segments:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.segment_count(), 3);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// A URI with empty segments:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b//c/d///e");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b//c/d///e");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.segment_count(), 5);
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A valid URI with only non-empty segments:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c?a=true#done");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c?a=true#done");
     /// for (i, segment) in uri.segments().enumerate() {
     ///     match i {
     ///         0 => assert_eq!(segment, "a"),
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A URI with empty segments:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("///a//b///c////d?#");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("///a//b///c////d?#");
     /// for (i, segment) in uri.segments().enumerate() {
     ///     match i {
     ///         0 => assert_eq!(segment, "a"),
@@ -142,18 +142,18 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A URI with only a path:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.path(), "/a/b/c");
     /// ```
     ///
     /// A URI with other components:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c?name=bob#done");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c?name=bob#done");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.path(), "/a/b/c");
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -170,18 +170,18 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A URI with a query part:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c?alphabet=true");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c?alphabet=true");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.query(), Some("alphabet=true"));
     /// ```
     ///
     /// A URI without the query part:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b/c");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b/c");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.query(), None);
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -197,18 +197,18 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// A URI with a fragment part:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a?alphabet=true#end");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a?alphabet=true#end");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.fragment(), Some("end"));
     /// ```
     ///
     /// A URI without the fragment part:
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a?query=true");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a?query=true");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.fragment(), None);
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/Hello%2C%20world%21");
-    /// let decoded_path = URI::percent_decode(uri.path().as_bytes()).expect("decoded");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/Hello%2C%20world%21");
+    /// let decoded_path = Uri::percent_decode(uri.path().as_bytes()).expect("decoded");
     /// assert_eq!(decoded_path, "/Hello, world!");
     /// ```
     pub fn percent_decode(string: &[u8]) -> Result<Cow<str>, Utf8Error> {
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/Hello%2C%20world%21");
-    /// let decoded_path = URI::percent_decode_lossy(uri.path().as_bytes());
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/Hello%2C%20world%21");
+    /// let decoded_path = Uri::percent_decode_lossy(uri.path().as_bytes());
     /// assert_eq!(decoded_path, "/Hello, world!");
     /// ```
     pub fn percent_decode_lossy(string: &[u8]) -> Cow<str> {
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let encoded = URI::percent_encode("hello?a=<b>hi</b>");
+    /// let encoded = Uri::percent_encode("hello?a=<b>hi</b>");
     /// assert_eq!(encoded, "hello%3Fa=%3Cb%3Ehi%3C%2Fb%3E");
     /// ```
     pub fn percent_encode(string: &str) -> Cow<str> {
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     /// ### Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+    /// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
     ///
-    /// let uri = URI::new("/a/b///c/d/e//f?name=Mike#end");
+    /// let uri = Uri::new("/a/b///c/d/e//f?name=Mike#end");
     /// assert_eq!(uri.as_str(), "/a/b///c/d/e//f?name=Mike#end");
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@ impl<'a> URI<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Clone for URI<'a> {
+impl<'a> Clone for Uri<'a> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn clone(&self) -> URI<'a> {
-        URI {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Uri<'a> {
+        Uri {
             uri: self.uri.clone(),
             path: self.path,
             query: self.query,
@@ -300,32 +300,32 @@ impl<'a> Clone for URI<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b> PartialEq<URI<'b>> for URI<'a> {
+impl<'a, 'b> PartialEq<Uri<'b>> for Uri<'a> {
     #[inline]
-    fn eq(&self, other: &URI<'b>) -> bool {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Uri<'b>) -> bool {
         self.path() == other.path() &&
             self.query() == other.query() &&
             self.fragment() == other.fragment()
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Eq for URI<'a> {}
+impl<'a> Eq for Uri<'a> {}
 
-impl<'a> From<&'a str> for URI<'a> {
+impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Uri<'a> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn from(uri: &'a str) -> URI<'a> {
-        URI::new(uri)
+    fn from(uri: &'a str) -> Uri<'a> {
+        Uri::new(uri)
     }
 }
 
-impl From<String> for URI<'static> {
+impl From<String> for Uri<'static> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn from(uri: String) -> URI<'static> {
-        URI::new(uri)
+    fn from(uri: String) -> Uri<'static> {
+        Uri::new(uri)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> fmt::Display for URI<'a> {
+impl<'a> fmt::Display for Uri<'a> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         // If this is the root path, then there are "zero" segments.
         if self.segment_count() == 0 {
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for URI<'a> {
 /// When manually implementing `UriDisplay` for your types, you should defer to
 /// existing implementations of `UriDisplay` as much as possible. In the example
 /// below, for instance, `Name`'s implementation defers to `String`'s
-/// implementation. To percent-encode a string, use [`URI::percent_encode()`].
+/// implementation. To percent-encode a string, use [`Uri::percent_encode()`].
 ///
-/// [`URI::percent_encode()`]: https://api.rocket.rs/rocket/http/uri/struct.URI.html#method.percent_encode
+/// [`Uri::percent_encode()`]: https://api.rocket.rs/rocket/http/uri/struct.Uri.html#method.percent_encode
 ///
 /// ## Example
 ///
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for &'a UriDisplay {
 impl<'a> UriDisplay for &'a RawStr {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", URI::percent_encode((*self).as_str()))
+        write!(f, "{}", Uri::percent_encode((*self).as_str()))
     }
 }
 
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ impl<'a> UriDisplay for &'a RawStr {
 impl<'a> UriDisplay for &'a str {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", URI::percent_encode(self))
+        write!(f, "{}", Uri::percent_encode(self))
     }
 }
 
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ impl<'a> UriDisplay for &'a str {
 impl<'a> UriDisplay for Cow<'a, str> {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", URI::percent_encode(self))
+        write!(f, "{}", Uri::percent_encode(self))
     }
 }
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ impl<'a> UriDisplay for Cow<'a, str> {
 impl UriDisplay for String {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", URI::percent_encode(self.as_str()))
+        write!(f, "{}", Uri::percent_encode(self.as_str()))
     }
 }
 
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@ impl_for_ref!(&'a mut T, &'a T);
 /// ### Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use rocket::http::uri::URI;
+/// use rocket::http::uri::Uri;
 ///
-/// let uri = URI::new("/a/////b/c////////d");
+/// let uri = Uri::new("/a/////b/c////////d");
 /// let segments = uri.segments();
 /// for (i, segment) in segments.enumerate() {
 ///     match i {
@@ -716,15 +716,15 @@ pub enum SegmentError {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::URI;
+    use super::Uri;
 
     fn seg_count(path: &str, expected: usize) -> bool {
-        let actual = URI::new(path).segment_count();
+        let actual = Uri::new(path).segment_count();
         if actual != expected {
             trace_!("Count mismatch: expected {}, got {}.", expected, actual);
             trace_!("{}", if actual != expected { "lifetime" } else { "buf" });
             trace_!("Segments (for {}):", path);
-            for (i, segment) in URI::new(path).segments().enumerate() {
+            for (i, segment) in Uri::new(path).segments().enumerate() {
                 trace_!("{}: {}", i, segment);
             }
         }
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn eq_segments(path: &str, expected: &[&str]) -> bool {
-        let uri = URI::new(path);
+        let uri = Uri::new(path);
         let actual: Vec<&str> = uri.segments().collect();
         actual == expected
     }
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn send_and_sync() {
         fn assert<T: Send + Sync>() {};
-        assert::<URI>();
+        assert::<Uri>();
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -830,12 +830,12 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn test_query(uri: &str, query: Option<&str>) {
-        let uri = URI::new(uri);
+        let uri = Uri::new(uri);
         assert_eq!(uri.query(), query);
     }
 
     fn test_fragment(uri: &str, fragment: Option<&str>) {
-        let uri = URI::new(uri);
+        let uri = Uri::new(uri);
         assert_eq!(uri.fragment(), fragment);
     }
 
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn to_string() {
-        let uri_to_string = |string| URI::new(string).to_string();
+        let uri_to_string = |string| Uri::new(string).to_string();
 
         assert_eq!(uri_to_string("/"), "/".to_string());
         assert_eq!(uri_to_string("//"), "/".to_string());
diff --git a/lib/src/local/client.rs b/lib/src/local/client.rs
index ad958fb6..4f9297f8 100644
--- a/lib/src/local/client.rs
+++ b/lib/src/local/client.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use {Rocket, Request};
 use local::LocalRequest;
 use http::Method;
-use http::uri::URI;
+use http::uri::Uri;
 use error::LaunchError;
 
 /// A structure to construct requests for local dispatching.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// let req = client.get("/hello");
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn get<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<URI<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
+    pub fn get<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<Uri<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
         self.req(Method::Get, uri)
     }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// let req = client.put("/hello");
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn put<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<URI<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
+    pub fn put<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<Uri<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
         self.req(Method::Put, uri)
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl Client {
     ///     .header(ContentType::Form);
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn post<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<URI<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
+    pub fn post<'c, 'u: 'c, U: Into<Uri<'u>>>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c> {
         self.req(Method::Post, uri)
     }
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn delete<'c, 'u: 'c, U>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c>
-        where U: Into<URI<'u>>
+        where U: Into<Uri<'u>>
     {
         self.req(Method::Delete, uri)
     }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn options<'c, 'u: 'c, U>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c>
-        where U: Into<URI<'u>>
+        where U: Into<Uri<'u>>
     {
         self.req(Method::Options, uri)
     }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn head<'c, 'u: 'c, U>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c>
-        where U: Into<URI<'u>>
+        where U: Into<Uri<'u>>
     {
         self.req(Method::Head, uri)
     }
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn patch<'c, 'u: 'c, U>(&'c self, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c>
-        where U: Into<URI<'u>>
+        where U: Into<Uri<'u>>
     {
         self.req(Method::Patch, uri)
     }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn req<'c, 'u: 'c, U>(&'c self, method: Method, uri: U) -> LocalRequest<'c>
-        where U: Into<URI<'u>>
+        where U: Into<Uri<'u>>
     {
         let request = Request::new(&self.rocket, method, uri);
         LocalRequest::new(&self.rocket, request)
diff --git a/lib/src/request/from_request.rs b/lib/src/request/from_request.rs
index 1cdc9323..ed85a3d9 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/from_request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/from_request.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use outcome::{self, IntoOutcome};
 use outcome::Outcome::*;
 
 use http::{Status, ContentType, Accept, Method, Cookies};
-use http::uri::URI;
+use http::uri::Uri;
 
 /// Type alias for the `Outcome` of a `FromRequest` conversion.
 pub type Outcome<S, E> = outcome::Outcome<S, (Status, E), ()>;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl<S, E> IntoOutcome<S, (Status, E), ()> for Result<S, E> {
 ///
 ///   * **&URI**
 ///
-///     Extracts the [URI](/rocket/http/uri/struct.URI.html) from the incoming
+///     Extracts the [`Uri`](/rocket/http/uri/struct.Uri.html) from the incoming
 ///     request.
 ///
 ///     _This implementation always returns successfully._
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for Method {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for &'a URI<'a> {
+impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for &'a Uri<'a> {
     type Error = ();
 
     fn from_request(request: &'a Request<'r>) -> Outcome<Self, Self::Error> {
diff --git a/lib/src/request/param.rs b/lib/src/request/param.rs
index 8f426470..227261c0 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/param.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/param.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-use http::uri::{URI, Segments, SegmentError};
+use http::uri::{Uri, Segments, SegmentError};
 use http::RawStr;
 
 /// Trait to convert a dynamic path segment string to a concrete value.
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ impl<'a> FromSegments<'a> for PathBuf {
     fn from_segments(segments: Segments<'a>) -> Result<PathBuf, SegmentError> {
         let mut buf = PathBuf::new();
         for segment in segments {
-            let decoded = URI::percent_decode(segment.as_bytes())
+            let decoded = Uri::percent_decode(segment.as_bytes())
                 .map_err(|e| SegmentError::Utf8(e))?;
 
             if decoded == ".." {
diff --git a/lib/src/request/request.rs b/lib/src/request/request.rs
index 6fc01d5e..f0492def 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/request.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use super::{FromParam, FromSegments, FromRequest, Outcome};
 use rocket::Rocket;
 use router::Route;
 use config::{Config, Limits};
-use http::uri::{URI, Segments};
+use http::uri::{Uri, Segments};
 use error::Error;
 use http::{Method, Header, HeaderMap, Cookies, CookieJar};
 use http::{RawStr, ContentType, Accept, MediaType};
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct RequestState<'r> {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Request<'r> {
     method: Method,
-    uri: URI<'r>,
+    uri: Uri<'r>,
     headers: HeaderMap<'r>,
     remote: Option<SocketAddr>,
     state: RequestState<'r>
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ pub struct Request<'r> {
 
 impl<'r> Request<'r> {
     /// Create a new `Request` with the given `method` and `uri`. The `uri`
-    /// parameter can be of any type that implements `Into<URI>` including
+    /// parameter can be of any type that implements `Into<Uri>` including
     /// `&str` and `String`; it must be a valid absolute URI.
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub(crate) fn new<'s: 'r, U: Into<URI<'s>>>(rocket: &'r Rocket,
+    pub(crate) fn new<'s: 'r, U: Into<Uri<'s>>>(rocket: &'r Rocket,
                                                 method: Method,
                                                 uri: U) -> Request<'r> {
         Request {
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ impl<'r> Request<'r> {
     /// # });
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn uri(&self) -> &URI {
+    pub fn uri(&self) -> &Uri {
         &self.uri
     }
 
     /// Set the URI in `self`. The `uri` parameter can be of any type that
-    /// implements `Into<URI>` including `&str` and `String`; it _must_ be a
+    /// implements `Into<Uri>` including `&str` and `String`; it _must_ be a
     /// valid, absolute URI.
     ///
     /// # Example
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl<'r> Request<'r> {
     /// # });
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn set_uri<'u: 'r, U: Into<URI<'u>>>(&mut self, uri: U) {
+    pub fn set_uri<'u: 'r, U: Into<Uri<'u>>>(&mut self, uri: U) {
         self.uri = uri.into();
         *self.state.params.borrow_mut() = Vec::new();
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/rocket.rs b/lib/src/rocket.rs
index 32ca0465..1af7230d 100644
--- a/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use fairing::{Fairing, Fairings};
 
 use http::{Method, Status, Header};
 use http::hyper::{self, header};
-use http::uri::URI;
+use http::uri::Uri;
 
 /// The main `Rocket` type: used to mount routes and catchers and launch the
 /// application.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl hyper::Handler for Rocket {
             Ok(req) => req,
             Err(e) => {
                 error!("Bad incoming request: {}", e);
-                let dummy = Request::new(self, Method::Get, URI::new("<unknown>"));
+                let dummy = Request::new(self, Method::Get, Uri::new("<unknown>"));
                 let r = self.handle_error(Status::InternalServerError, &dummy);
                 return self.issue_response(r, res);
             }
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ impl Rocket {
         }
 
         for mut route in routes {
-            let uri = URI::new(format!("{}/{}", base, route.uri));
+            let uri = Uri::new(format!("{}/{}", base, route.uri));
 
             route.set_base(base);
             route.set_uri(uri.to_string());
diff --git a/lib/src/router/collider.rs b/lib/src/router/collider.rs
index e64b424f..312aa32a 100644
--- a/lib/src/router/collider.rs
+++ b/lib/src/router/collider.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::Route;
 
-use http::uri::URI;
+use http::uri::Uri;
 use http::MediaType;
 use request::Request;
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ impl<'a> Collider<str> for &'a str {
 }
 
 // This _only_ checks the `path` component of the URI.
-impl<'a, 'b> Collider<URI<'b>> for URI<'a> {
-    fn collides_with(&self, other: &URI<'b>) -> bool {
+impl<'a, 'b> Collider<Uri<'b>> for Uri<'a> {
+    fn collides_with(&self, other: &Uri<'b>) -> bool {
         for (seg_a, seg_b) in self.segments().zip(other.segments()) {
             if seg_a.ends_with("..>") || seg_b.ends_with("..>") {
                 return true;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ mod tests {
     use handler::Outcome;
     use router::route::Route;
     use http::{Method, MediaType, ContentType, Accept};
-    use http::uri::URI;
+    use http::uri::Uri;
     use http::Method::*;
 
     type SimpleRoute = (Method, &'static str);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn s_s_collide(a: &'static str, b: &'static str) -> bool {
-        URI::new(a).collides_with(&URI::new(b))
+        Uri::new(a).collides_with(&Uri::new(b))
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/lib/src/router/mod.rs b/lib/src/router/mod.rs
index 8e6c8786..7ee17156 100644
--- a/lib/src/router/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/router/mod.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ mod test {
     use config::Config;
     use http::Method;
     use http::Method::*;
-    use http::uri::URI;
+    use http::uri::Uri;
     use request::Request;
     use data::Data;
     use handler::Outcome;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ mod test {
 
     fn route<'a>(router: &'a Router, method: Method, uri: &str) -> Option<&'a Route> {
         let rocket = Rocket::custom(Config::development().unwrap(), true);
-        let request = Request::new(&rocket, method, URI::new(uri));
+        let request = Request::new(&rocket, method, Uri::new(uri));
         let matches = router.route(&request);
         if matches.len() > 0 {
             Some(matches[0])
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ mod test {
 
     fn matches<'a>(router: &'a Router, method: Method, uri: &str) -> Vec<&'a Route> {
         let rocket = Rocket::custom(Config::development().unwrap(), true);
-        let request = Request::new(&rocket, method, URI::new(uri));
+        let request = Request::new(&rocket, method, Uri::new(uri));
         router.route(&request)
     }
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ mod test {
     fn match_params(router: &Router, path: &str, expected: &[&str]) -> bool {
         println!("Testing: {} (expect: {:?})", path, expected);
         route(router, Get, path).map_or(false, |route| {
-            let params = route.get_param_indexes(&URI::new(path));
+            let params = route.get_param_indexes(&Uri::new(path));
             if params.len() != expected.len() {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/lib/src/router/route.rs b/lib/src/router/route.rs
index 0cce839f..349f3108 100644
--- a/lib/src/router/route.rs
+++ b/lib/src/router/route.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use yansi::Color::*;
 use codegen::StaticRouteInfo;
 use handler::Handler;
 use http::{Method, MediaType};
-use http::uri::URI;
+use http::uri::Uri;
 
 /// A route: a method, its handler, path, rank, and format/media type.
 pub struct Route {
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ pub struct Route {
     /// The function that should be called when the route matches.
     pub handler: Handler,
     /// The base mount point of this `Route`.
-    pub base: URI<'static>,
+    pub base: Uri<'static>,
     /// The uri (in Rocket format) that should be matched against. This uri
     /// already includes the base mount point.
-    pub uri: URI<'static>,
+    pub uri: Uri<'static>,
     /// The rank of this route. Lower ranks have higher priorities.
     pub rank: isize,
     /// The media type this route matches against, if any.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct Route {
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]
-fn default_rank(uri: &URI) -> isize {
+fn default_rank(uri: &Uri) -> isize {
     // static path, query = -4; static path, no query = -3
     // dynamic path, query = -2; dynamic path, no query = -1
     match (!uri.path().contains('<'),  uri.query().is_some()) {
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ impl Route {
     pub fn new<S>(m: Method, path: S, handler: Handler) -> Route
         where S: AsRef<str>
     {
-        let uri = URI::from(path.as_ref().to_string());
+        let uri = Uri::from(path.as_ref().to_string());
         Route {
             name: None,
             method: m,
             handler: handler,
             rank: default_rank(&uri),
-            base: URI::from("/"),
+            base: Uri::from("/"),
             uri: uri,
             format: None,
         }
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ impl Route {
             name: None,
             method: m,
             handler: handler,
-            base: URI::from("/"),
-            uri: URI::from(uri.as_ref().to_string()),
+            base: Uri::from("/"),
+            uri: Uri::from(uri.as_ref().to_string()),
             rank: rank,
             format: None,
         }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ impl Route {
     /// assert_eq!(index.base.path(), "/hi");
     /// ```
     pub fn set_base<S>(&mut self, path: S) where S: AsRef<str> {
-        self.base = URI::from(path.as_ref().to_string());
+        self.base = Uri::from(path.as_ref().to_string());
     }
 
     /// Sets the path of the route. Does not update the rank or any other
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl Route {
     /// assert_eq!(index.uri.path(), "/hello");
     /// ```
     pub fn set_uri<S>(&mut self, uri: S) where S: AsRef<str> {
-        self.uri = URI::from(uri.as_ref().to_string());
+        self.uri = Uri::from(uri.as_ref().to_string());
     }
 
     // FIXME: Decide whether a component has to be fully variable or not. That
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl Route {
     // TODO: Don't return a Vec...take in an &mut [&'a str] (no alloc!)
     /// Given a URI, returns a vector of slices of that URI corresponding to the
     /// dynamic segments in this route.
-    pub(crate) fn get_param_indexes(&self, uri: &URI) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
+    pub(crate) fn get_param_indexes(&self, uri: &Uri) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
         let route_segs = self.uri.segments();
         let uri_segs = uri.segments();
         let start_addr = uri.path().as_ptr() as usize;