Comments on: Watch This Video: Livable Streets Visionaries Gather in NYC http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/watch-this-video-livable-streets-visionaries-gather-in-nyc/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/watch-this-video-livable-streets-visionaries-gather-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-39381 DJB Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:23:27 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=15431#comment-39381 It's good to see conferences like this happening. Improving walkability really isn't rocket science from a technical standpoint. To be able to walk there has to be something close by, which implies a need for cities with lots of stuff per unit of land area and a mixture of land uses. Again and again, the barrier to clean, healthy transportation is suburbia (with its low density and segregated land uses). It's long past time to value something in urban form besides lawns and cars. It’s good to see conferences like this happening. Improving walkability really isn’t rocket science from a technical standpoint. To be able to walk there has to be something close by, which implies a need for cities with lots of stuff per unit of land area and a mixture of land uses.

Again and again, the barrier to clean, healthy transportation is suburbia (with its low density and segregated land uses). It’s long past time to value something in urban form besides lawns and cars.

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