A bar in Utica wanted to close the street so businesses could serve patrons. The request was denied…but not because of parking restrictions. What the request—and the reasons it was denied—reveal about our highest priorities.
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In a “car place,” pedestrians are grudgingly tolerated. In a “pedestrian place,” cars are allowed to visit. We need a lot more of the latter. Here’s where to start.
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Sometimes the way to best advocate for change in your city isn’t obvious or easy. And the inertia of the status quo is a challenge all its own.
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People are driving at half the normal rate. Now’s the time to cultivate new uses for our streets—uses which will help us both now and into the future.
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Three things to notice on your daily walks that will help you build a stronger town.
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A touring musician reflects on how the speed and scale of life has contracted during the crisis. Does how we build our cities allow for a slower, more thoughtful pace during the good times too?
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No North American city is overcrowded. Not a single one.
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Walking is one of the best things you can do, even during a pandemic. There’s just one rule…
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Great urbanism: if it’s good enough for a vacation, then it’s good enough for everyday life.
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Compact development isn’t just for big cities. Some of the best walkable urbanism in the world is in the smallest towns. And embracing this is the key to enjoying the best of both worlds: urban and rural.
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This Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about what makes a city a great place to fall in love… and what makes a city lovable in and of itself. Often, these are the same things.
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An accidental photo essay courtesy of Street View provides us a look at the appallingly low standard for what we expect people who walk in suburbia to put up with.
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Investing in a supposedly “smart” future won’t overcome the failure to get the “dumb” stuff right. The former mayor of Seattle explains.
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New studies confirm people are willing to pay more to live in walkable neighborhoods. So why don’t we build more of them?
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If you want to see more homes built in your city, good urban design isn’t your enemy. And neither are those who insist on it.
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Our world is isolating and disempowering for Americans who don’t drive. As the number of senior citizens reaches an all-time high, this desperately needs to change.
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We’ve long accepted a base level of carnage on our streets. But we should stop describing these as random “accidents.” They are the inevitable outcome of our chosen approach to building cities.
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If the NHTSA wants to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes, they should stop blaming people who are walking when they are killed and injured by drivers.
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Get in shape. Get organized. Read more. Most New Year’s resolutions are focused on personal improvement. These are important, but what if this year we resolved to improve our places too?
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Vision Zero is a simple engineering problem, but a wickedly complex social and institutional problem—at least in America’s car-dependent cities. Success in Norway shows us what the way forward looks like.
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