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Stores, bars and restaurants, as the chief examples, work in several different and complex ways to abet sidewalk safety. First, they give people—both residents and strangers—concrete reasons for using the sidewalks on which these enterprises face. Second, they draw people along the sidewalks past places which have no attractions to public use in th

First, there must be a clear demarcation between what is public space and what is private space. Public and private spaces cannot ooze into each other as they do typically in suburban settings or in projects. Second, there must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a s

the speed of walking increases with city size.

the battle for quality is won or lost at the small scale

Sensible land use would make many trips unnecessary by clustering within walking distance the main places where people want to be.