Part 3: The first walkable city in America in a century
Anyhow—we shouldn’t even be having this discussion .
We’re the richest country in the world. Heck, California is one of the richest countries in the world. And, in favor of our shitty rugged individualism , we have let the greater good go by the wayside. To put it kindly.
Melisse and I observed that—at least—in San Francisco, we could roll out of t... See more
We’re the richest country in the world. Heck, California is one of the richest countries in the world. And, in favor of our shitty rugged individualism , we have let the greater good go by the wayside. To put it kindly.
Melisse and I observed that—at least—in San Francisco, we could roll out of t... See more
Rocco Pendola • The Good And Bad During A Week In San Francisco: How It Impacted My Thinking About The Move To Spain
Walkable neighborhoods where an intergenerational mix of community members can bump into each other while they carry out the most frequent journeys of daily life (work, school, play, food, etc.) are the best way for people to see each other.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
It feels nearly impossible to imagine what that might look like, but what we shouldn’t do is feel paralysed by FOBO (fear of better options). An emphasis on the local, on smaller, walkable neighbourhoods and more central job and amenity centres is a good place to start. It’s not just tiny villages that can reap the benefits of this spatial reconsid... See more
Medium • There Are No Cars in Wakanda
He subsequently conducted similar studies in New York and Los Angeles, and found the data tracking along almost identical curves. In each case, increasing density from two units per acre to twenty units per acre resulted in about the same savings as the increase from twenty to two hundred.22 To students of urban form, these outcomes are not that su
... See moreJeff Speck • Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Is another kind of density possible, with close-knit communities, sustainable places where car use is minimised, where consumption is decreased, and where people can walk out their front door into a unique and enlivening environment?