A 9-lane road may be made “accessible”, but it’s still a really long way across the street. Try that with a walker.
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An opinion piece on conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians on sidewalks. Many focus on trying to balance that space, I would rather take from cars. Thanks @streetsblognyc for amplifying.
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Six key drivers to navigate client expectations and steer them toward complete streets. Read on if you are about to embark on or are already knee deep in a complete streets effort. Climate change will not wait for us to get over our driving addiction.
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Given all we have learned in 2020 about public health, education and mobility, would we do the Big Dig again or invest the money otherwise?
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Transit in the pre-automobile age was profitable. Transit now is not, because everything is by, for, and of the car. We need to reverse our economics.
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I hope we are seeing the end of the industrial revolution that shut us into a factory/office/shop/school from dawn until dusk. Will this heightened regard for weather lead to an augmented regard for climate change?
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A few of the larger paths have the right-of-way of a regular street, but with no paved road In the center. Perhaps they are “not streets”. I want to build more of these!
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City grids, like any construct, do not presage success, they merely set the stage for it. Consider the garden as analogy. The grid of a garden is soil, water and sun. With this gardens can flourish. Without it, nothing will grow. Similarly, grids create the conditions for cities to succeed. Without a good grid, cities flounder.
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The Fairmount neighborhood in Ft Worth, known for the wonderfully renovated historic homes, has special streets. They form a tight grid of short blocks which endear itself to finding new and interesting routes. The many T-intersections and narrow street widths keep racing drivers at bay. Fairmount has many lessons for those creating 15-minute neighborhoods.
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This blog documents a summer resort community in New York known as Thousand Island Park. It was founded 145 years ago, before the onslaught of the automobile, and has largely been able to evade motordom’s makeover. In addition to being a delightful way to summer, it is also an ideal locale to explore the street grid and street design details that inspire city makeovers.
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