When you see highway infrastructure in an urban environment, you gotta think the road has a poor design element ... can take to push their cities towards becoming more walkable.

As cities continue to grow, walkability is becoming a central part of how livable places are shaped. There are lots of ...

The analysis led to development of urban design guidelines that suggest ways of making spaces more walkable. The guidelines include combining street furniture with greenery and open space, pairing ...

About Jeff Speck Jeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities. Speck is the principal at the urban design and consultancy firm ...

To begin making Lake Charles more walkable, the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana called in the big guns.

It's where design impacts quality of life ... I give talks about why we need more walkable cities and how to make more walkable cities. What we do has been called many different names through ...

Despite its subway-hopping, block-hustling, pedestrian-proud population, the Big Apple couldn’t even crack the top 10 in a new ranking of the world’s most walkable cities — landing instead ...

Using Amsterdam as a case study, it highlights how walkable, bikeable cities naturally encourage people to stay active. Research shows a strong link between urban design, daily step counts ...

Some municipalities have attempted to design communities such that their ... Some politicians have taken an interest in walkable cities. Earlier this year, in a discussion on housing policies ...

Walkable cities not only offer a higher quality of ... The city’s emphasis on public transportation and walkable urban design supports a lifestyle that values walking and biking.

To find out which cities around the world do walkability best ... where 91% of locals praised the city’s pedestrian-friendly design. Boston followed with 89% and Brighton, in the UK snagged ...