Getting around San Francisco should be convenient, safe, affordable, and sustainable.
The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.
Stockholm is surely an urban planner's dream. Everything works. Everything looks good.
You can go anywhere in New York. There's always something to do in New York. There's always a place to eat no matter what time it is. There's always a place to work, a place to drink. It's conducive to my lifestyle. I don't know how to drive a car, so I like to be able to walk places.
Deep walkability describes a city that is built in such a way that you can move from one area to another on foot, on bicycle, on transit and have an experience that remains a pleasant one, that you feel you are welcome not just in the neighborhood but moving between neighborhoods.
What happened to the tradition of walking to school? The simple answer is change. Change in traffic patterns and street planning that have made school routes less pedestrian-friendly.
L.A. is not a place where people walk.
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.
We've got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and get them more active.
Mixed use is what cities are all about. If you don't have mixed use, you don't have cities.
I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism.
In the traditional modernist planning that created the suburbs, you put residential buildings in suburban neighborhoods, office spaces into brain parks and retail in shopping malls. But you fail to exploit the possibility of symbiosis or synthesis that way.
America is ready for livable communities. America is ready for high-speed rail.
They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that.
How people move around their city is a big deal. It affects productivity, security, health, and global warming, among other things.
...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood.
Liveability means being able to take your kids to school, go to work, see a doctor, drop by the grocery or Post Office, go out to dinner and a movie, and play with your kids at the park - all without having to get in your car.
The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.
I didn't realize Boston was so easy to get around. In my head, I imagined Boston being this really sprawling city.
It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think.
The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and think about shooting myself in the head.
I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.
We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces.
In Copenhagen, there's a long-term commitment to creating a well-functioning pedestrian city where all forms of movement - pedestrian, bicycles, cars, public transportation - are accommodated with equal priority.
