Walkable City Rules : 101 Steps to Making Better Places / by Jeff Speck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speck, Jeff, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Earth and Environmental Science (Springer-11646)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban geography.

Landscape architecture.

City planning.

Graphic arts.

Buildings.

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).

Landscape Architecture.

Urbanism.

Interaction Design.

Building Types and Functions.

Local Subjects:

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).

Landscape Architecture.

Urbanism.

Interaction Design.

Building Types and Functions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 291 pages) : 1 illustrations

Edition:

First edition 2018.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"Walkable City Rules is worth reading even for those of us who will never set foot in a planner's office. Like Walkable City, this book explains how a variety of laws and rules frustrate the person who wishes to get from one place to another on foot. But to a much greater extent than most books about walkability, this book tells readers what can be done to improve upon the status quo." Planetizen "A concise, updated, how-to version of [Speck's] 2012 Walkable City." 8 "Has there ever been a smarter, more illuminating, jargon-free, and deeply useful guide to making more sociable, healthy, prosperous, charming neighborhoods, towns, and cities? Every local leader and every engaged local citizen owes it to themselves to read Walkable City Rules." Kurt Andersen, author of "Fantasyland" and host of public radio's "Studio 360" "Filled with the photos, graphics, and charts that many of his fans felt were missing from the last book, the new volume comprises 1010 mini-chapters, each of which elegantly distills a single precept from his philosophy.".

Contents:

Author's Note

Introduction: Making Change Now

I. Sell Walkability

II. Mix the Uses

III. Make Housing Attainable and Integrated

IV. Get the Parking Right

V. Let Transit Work

VI. Escape Automobilism

VII. Start with Safety

VIII. Optimize Your Driving Network

IX. Right-Size the Number of Lanes

X. Right-Size the Lanes

XI. Sell Cycling

XII. Build Your Bike Network

XIII. Park On Street

XIV. Focus on Geometry

XV. Focus on Intersections

XVI. Make Sidewalks Right

XVII. Make Comfortable Spaces

XVIII. Make Interesting Places

XIX. Do It Now

Epilogue 1

Epilogue 2

Epilogue 3

Acknowledgments

Notes

Works Cited

Image Credits

Index. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-1-61091-899-2

9781610918992

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.