Changing Course

By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized

Jul 02

Jan Gehl explains why architects, urban planners, developers, community associations, BIAs, politicians, traffic engineers and NIMBYs need to unlearn 50 years of schooling and practice…

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Make cities human scale and walkable so people don’t take the escalator to the fitness club…

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Make every street 2-way with bike lanes, organized street tree planting, a median, curbside parking, and just 2-lanes for traffic… slow everything down.

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Don’t forget to add bike lanes.

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And finally, take your public room back from the car…

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