Pedestrian Friendly

Are TODs Really PODs?

Sun, 09/04/2011 - 09:22

For a while now, I've wondered if we have been mislabeling the development around well functioning transit stops as transit-oriented developments (TODs). This may seem odd, because numerous studies have shown that property values can increase by 20% to 40% percent around transit stops, particularly rail stations (although the increases are uneven).

Would People Drive Less if Cities Were Built Differently?

Dr. Marlon Boarnet, a professor in UC Irvine's Dept. of Planning, Policy and Design, has based his research around that question and has some answers.
26 August 2011 - 6:00am
YouTube

Redesign Near Train Station to Create New Gateway in Philadelphia

Plans are emerging to revamp the public space surrounding Philadelphia's 30th Street train station to create a more vibrant way to enter the city.
19 July 2011 - 6:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Journalists Missing that Road Design is Key to Pedestrian Safety

The Governor's Highway Safety Association released a report citing an uptick in pedestrian fatalities in the first half of 2010 and speculates on all sorts of reasons for this except poor road design.
21 January 2011 - 12:00pm
Greater Greater Washington

Community Transforms Street Overnight

Local residents bring life back a desolate line of shops in Oak Cliff, a streetcar suburb of Dallas, overnight. The intention of the Better Block project is to demonstrate the value of pedestrian friendly spaces and encourage future investments.
14 September 2010 - 12:00pm
Go Oak Cliff

Pedestrian-Friendly Sydney On the Way

Officials in Australia have announced plans to recast downtown Sydney as a pedestrian-friendly central business district.
14 September 2010 - 7:00am
ABC

Commuting By Escalator

A system of escalators in Hong Kong, installed in 1993 to create a new connection between districts, has become an unusual and popular way to commute Hong Kong's steep streets.
11 January 2010 - 8:00am
BBC

Getting Buy-In On A New Urbanist Vision

Alamo Heights, a suburb of San Antonio, grapples with whether to adopt a "New Urbanist" (but slightly more traditional) approach to its major thoroughfare to improve pedestrian and bicycle access.
29 May 2009 - 6:00am
San Antonio Express-News

Wired Says: It's Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars

Wired Magazine figures out what the planning world already knows- that there is a need to shift planning policies away from auto-oriented development and towards the pedestrian.
23 February 2009 - 11:00am
Wired

Traffic Lanes Turned Pedestrian Plazas

Public plazas have been cropping up along Broadway and Madison Square in New York, occupying spaces that were once traffic lanes.
25 September 2008 - 7:00am
USA Today

Transforming Streets Into 'Urban Oases'

A new San Francisco plan seeks to follow in the footsteps of cities like Copenhagen and Portland in revitalizing streets, alleys, medians, and crosswalks. The goal is to bring the city's outdoors to its 'rightful place as the center of civic life.'
10 June 2008 - 9:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle

Traffic Calmed

This video from StreetFilm shows the extensive traffic calming efforts taken by one beach community in Australia.
19 March 2008 - 2:00pm
Streetsblog

Dublin Disappearing?

Sun, 03/09/2008 - 10:26


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne Street, Dublin City Center: A mixture of uses prevail
in this pedestrian friendly, human-scaled street.

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