Dan Burden
Dan Burden is the nation's most recognized authority on walkability, bicycle & pedestrian programs, street corridor & intersection design, traffic flow & calming, road diets, and other planning elements that affect roadway environments.
Dan is also sought after by the health community, promoting neighborhoods, villages, and cities that are designed for more active, interactive, and healthy living. Dan has nearly 40 years of experience in developing, promoting and evaluating alternative transportation facilities, traffic calming practices and sustainable community design.
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Jobs
- City of Taylor
- PolicyMap, Inc.
- City of Hutto, TX
- Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation
- City of Milpitas
Events
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Harvard University Graduate School of Design - Executive Education
University of Iowa
RFPs and RFQs
Greater Nashville Regional Council - Nashville Area MPO
City of Watsonville
- Pushing Back on 'Suburban Triumphalism'
- Meme Urbanism 101
- Revisiting the 'Edge City'
- Growth and Change Take Hold in Boise
- One Big Reason Driverless Cars Won't Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled
- Dockless Scooters Leapfrogging the Bikeshare Industry
- Replica, a New Tool from Sidewalk Labs, Takes Trip Data to the Next Level
- California's 'Aggressive' Housing Bill Dies Quickly, Not Quietly, in Committee
- Scooter Mania in San Francisco
- How Much Parking Near Transit Is Too Much Parking Near Transit?
- Nashville Comes to Seattle for Transit Lessons
- Indianapolis Public Schools' Pilot Program Puts Kids on Public Transit
- Getting the Politics of Cordon Tolling Right
- Remaking a Formerly State-of-the-Art Corporate Headquarters
- Lyft Aiming for Carbon Neutrality
- If Traffic Costs Americans Billions, What About Waiting for Coffee?
- U.N. Declares ‘World Bicycle Day’
- Trends Show Lower-Income Millennials Driving More
- Bus Lane Proposed for Chicago's Famous Lake Shore Drive
- States Risk Losing Billions in Funding for Trains if They Don't Act on Safety
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