Main entry:

Speck, Jeff, author.

Title & Author:

Walkable city rules : 101 steps to making better places / Jeff Speck.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

xvii, 291 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index.
Sell walkability -- Mix the uses -- Make housing attainable and integrated -- Get the parking right -- Let transit work -- Escape automobilism -- Start with safety -- Optimize your driving network -- Right-size the number of lanes -- Right-size the lanes -- Sell cycling -- Build your bike network -- Park on street -- Focus on geometry -- Focus on intersections -- Make sidewalks right -- Make comfortable spaces -- Make interesting places -- Do it now.

Summary:

"Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable-for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment-yet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is seldom easy. Jeff Speck's follow up to his bestselling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer's guide to making change in cities, and making it now. The 101 rules are practical yet engaging-worded for arguments at the planning commission, illustrated for clarity, and packed with specifications as well as data. For ease of use, the rules are grouped into 19 chapters that cover everything from selling walkability, to getting the parking right, escaping automobilism, making comfortable spaces and interesting places, and doing it now! Walkable City was written to inspire; Walkable City Rules was written to enable. It is the most comprehensive tool available for bringing the latest and most effective city-planning practices to bear in your community. The content and presentation make it a force multiplier for place-makers and change-makers everywhere."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

1610918983 (paperback)
9781610918985 (paperback)

Subject:

Central business districts United States Planning.
Pedestrian areas United States Planning.
Urban renewal United States.
City planning United States.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE Sustainability & Green Design.
ARCHITECTURE Urban & Land Use Planning.
TRANSPORTATION.
Central business districts Planning.
City planning.
Pedestrian areas Planning.
Urban renewal.
Stadtplanung
Fußgängerverkehr
Stadtverkehr
Grünplanung
Stadtökologie
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302959
Call No.: BIB 249148
Status: Available