First published in 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First paperback edition published in 2013 by North Point Press. "Updated with 100+ pages of new material and an introduction by Janette Sadik-Khan"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-414) and indexes.
Contents:
Step 10: Janette Sadik-Khan -- Prologue: The role of city planning. Why walkability? -- Walking, the urban advantage -- Why Johnny can't walk -- The wrong color green -- The ten steps of walkability -- The useful walk: Step 1: Put cars in their place -- Step 2: Mix the uses -- Step 3: Get the parking right -- Step 4: Let transit work -- The safe walk: Step 5: Protect the pedestrian -- Step 6: Welcome bikes -- The comfortable walk: Step 7: Shape the spaces -- Step 8 : Plant trees -- The interesting walk: Step 9: Make friendly and unique faces -- Step 10: Pick your winners -- Update to the 10th Anniversary edition -- Preface to the 10th Anniversary update -- Do I need to remind you why? -- Long COVID -- American housing: Pick you crisis -- More engineering confessions -- Induced demand redux -- Cycling ascendant -- More comfort -- The role of city planning.
Summary:
"TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WINNER OF THE GREEN PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE LITERATURE Updated with 100+ pages of new material and a foreword by Janette Sadik-Khan The bestselling urban planning book of the past decade, translated into seven languages, Walkable City has changed the conversation on community design across America and beyond. It is reissued here with an extensive update, including eight new chapters covering housing equity, COVID, Uber, autonomous vehicles, urban forests, and more. Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walkable City--bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change happens--lays out a practical, necessary, and inspiring vision for how to make American cities the best they can be."-- Provided by publisher
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