Walkable community

Design for walkability is human- and environment-centric with numerous benefits that make it a popular trend in urban planning.

Design for Walkability presents successful case studies of new real estate development projects that are dense, walkable and supportive of transit. Produced by SPUR, an urban planning policy group in the San Francisco Bay Area, it is intended as a resource for planners, developers, city officials, advocates and civic leaders who want to effect change in their communities

If someone asks what a green community, or a healthy one, means to you, what comes to mind? I’m willing to bet that for most people it is the visible and tangible aspects: a lovely city park, perha…

Our neighborhoods, our cities, and our commitment to each other would improve if more of us lived in places where “bumping into someone on the street” doesn’t involve heavy traffic and a fender bender.

Planning cities and the way that we comfortably live in them is often a pull between many things. From creating affordable housing for all, enhancing...

An urban renaissance is seeing walkable neighborhoods appear around the US—but these only seem to be revitalized old neighborhoods, never new ones. Why?

Is your community a pleasant place to walk? Join us as we take a look at the three criteria that determine whether a community is truly walkable.

Pedestrian friendly street design