Dan Burden identifies the top ten strategies planners can use to craft a walkable community.
Walkable communities are celebrated destinations that create a sense of place and promote economic development. Dan Burden discusses ten key indicators to achieve prosperous, walkable, healthy, livable communities. No towns or village centers in America today exhibit all of these measures in whole, comprehensive or complete ways. Rather, the good towns are organic (springing from the fertile soil of local creativity and sensibility), and they are progressing toward true walkability and livability. These towns have crystal clear visions for the future, and they are in the process of achieving each of these measures. Many towns with one or two of these keys are moving forward to achieve success with most or all other measures.
Thanks to Chris Steins
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