Walkability urban design

Commercial alleys, though often thought of as dirty or unsafe, can be designed to play an integral role in a downtown street network and improve the pedestrian realm in and around commercial areas.

Week 2: Walkability: Good density and mixed use blocks with retail at the sidewalk and streets designed to accommodate more than just automobiles helps to create a healthy urban environment in which the pedestrian is comfortable. These elements were once common in cities but, like streetcars, have been abandoned in the name of car-centric "progress." It's past time to rethink these errors.

Thirty years ago everyone in China rode bicycles; today it's all cars. Thirty years ago Western cities were clogged with cars, but today city planners would prefer it if everyone were on bicycles. This dichotomy has led to two vastly different ways to solve a common urban problem. China is

Image 55 of 69 from gallery of Ostasilor 8 / TAG Architecture. Neighborhood Diagram

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In the mid-20th century, many 2-way downtown streets were converted to 1-way to streamline traffic operations, reduce conflicts, and create direct access points to newly built urban freeways. Today…

Urbanismo

Everybody hates being stuck in congestion. For decades the default solution has been: Make the roads wider. Cities across the country have been happy to comply. But they’re wrong. We look at …

In evaluating thousands of public spaces around the world, PPS has found that successful ones have four key qualities.