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@Tesho13 @JeffSpeckFAICP @mnolangray @DonaldShoup Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk says, “This book should be required reading in schools of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture, and an understanding of it should be part of the licensing requirements for civil, traffic, and transportation engineers.”
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Décadas tratando de convencerte de que lo que necesitas al asomarte por la ventana de tu casa es una gris carretera y no esto. A ver ahora cómo revertimos eso.
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A century of progress:
1926: Protect pedestrians’ lives by slowing drivers.
2026: Protect drivers’ convenience by deterring walking.
1926: Protect pedestrians’ lives by slowing drivers.
2026: Protect drivers’ convenience by deterring walking.
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If you've been wondering what the Barcelona superblock conversions look like -
Barcelona’s Superblocks are one of the world’s most influential urban transformations. In a city where cars take 20% of trips but 60% of public space, they offer a radical proposition: what if streets were designed not as conduits for traffic but as extensions of living rooms?🧵
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Another preview of pedestrian-oriented counter proposal to tower-and-garage plan for the Overtown site
Beckham's soccer stadium plan for Overtown failed, but the land is still assembled and vacant. What about a fine-grained, family-friendly courtyard block neighborhood -- with 700+ homes and shared courtyards and a public plaza?
An early preview of the Courtyard Proposal for scuss at the Urban Guild Summit on Friday in Floriday.
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"Traffic engineers have long suffered the reputation that all we care about is moving cars. The reality could not be more different."
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ICYMI @bradlander:
"This is the most important book on street design in the English language. Every highways department, planning authority, urban designer and architectural practice, should have a well-thumbed copy. If they don’t, you should worry. Elected councillors working with highways or planning officials should check that they do. Clients commissioning streets, squares or neighbourhoods should do likewise. If they don’t have it, hire another consultant. Street Design is that good.” – Nicholas Boys Smith, Create Streets, BD UK
“When I began writing for Common Edge almost a decade ago, I resolved to let readers know when a significant book appeared that might change their view of architecture, urbanism, and landscape. I missed the publication of one book that I have subsequently used in my practice, and believe to be one of the best handbooks, histories, and teaching texts written in the present century.” – Mark Alan Hewitt FAIA, Common Edge
“I am delighted by the eloquence, knowledge, thoroughness, and basic common sense of Street Design, which is at once a how-to book and an ode to the beauty and wonder of cities. Much more than a formula for how to design streets, this book helps us understand that there are no simple answers or all-purpose solutions to the challenge of city-building.” – Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer-Prize-winning Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, previously at the New Yorker and the New York Times.
“I have received a wonderful gift from my friends John Massengale AIA CNU and Victor Dover, FAICP: the second edition of their iconic book Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns…. This book is outstanding in every respect and is an essential addition to the library of anyone who loves cities for people. Do make sure you get hold of a copy – it’s brilliant! Thank you to both of them, and well done on this superb work.” – Carlos Moreno, author of The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
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"This is the most important book on street design in the English language. Every highways department, planning authority, urban designer and architectural practice, should have a well-thumbed copy. If they don’t, you should worry. Elected councillors working with highways or planning officials should check that they do. Clients commissioning streets, squares or neighbourhoods should do likewise. If they don’t have it, hire another consultant. Street Design is that good.” – Nicholas Boys Smith, Create Streets, BD UK
“When I began writing for Common Edge almost a decade ago, I resolved to let readers know when a significant book appeared that might change their view of architecture, urbanism, and landscape. I missed the publication of one book that I have subsequently used in my practice, and believe to be one of the best handbooks, histories, and teaching texts written in the present century.” – Mark Alan Hewitt FAIA, Common Edge
“I am delighted by the eloquence, knowledge, thoroughness, and basic common sense of Street Design, which is at once a how-to book and an ode to the beauty and wonder of cities. Much more than a formula for how to design streets, this book helps us understand that there are no simple answers or all-purpose solutions to the challenge of city-building.” – Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer-Prize-winning Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, previously at the New Yorker and the New York Times.
“I have received a wonderful gift from my friends John Massengale AIA CNU and Victor Dover, FAICP: the second edition of their iconic book Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns…. This book is outstanding in every respect and is an essential addition to the library of anyone who loves cities for people. Do make sure you get hold of a copy – it’s brilliant! Thank you to both of them, and well done on this superb work.” – Carlos Moreno, author of The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
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@Tesho13 @JeffSpeckFAICP @mnolangray @DonaldShoup Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk says, “This book should be required reading in schools of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture, and an understanding of it should be part of the licensing requirements for civil, traffic, and transportation engineers.”
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QUOTE: "When it comes to development, most people have a strong preference for a home on a street with some outdoor green space, rather than one that is overshadowed by a large block or tower complex. The value that people attach to well-designed terraced houses or mid-rise flats is reflected in the enduring popularity of these developments and the high prices they tend to command." - @ben_rog
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Today’s @FinancialTimes front page: Spending across the West End is up 13% after we pedestrianised Oxford St.
Once again data shows active travel boosts business.
Once again data shows active travel boosts business.
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@JohnSurico Splitter islands make roundabouts less safe for pedestrians and cyclists. They're like slip lanes.
Squareabouts with no splitter islands are good.
Squareabouts with no splitter islands are good.
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@StreetsblogNYC It was easier to make Manhattan's streets and avenues one-way than it is to daylight corners @StreetsblogNYC @TransAlt @GershKuntzman
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It was easier to build New York's iconic tower than it is to build bike lanes. Plus other news. buff.ly/VQxi8CV
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Interesting, we had emails from book clubs and “Daniel Silva” – not @danielsilvabook but authorsilvadaniel@gmail.com, who wrote a nice email explaining exactly why he likes our book. But there was never an ask or a link to click, so I’m not sure what the point was. BTW, like fake Daniel Silva, the book clubs all had Gmail addresses, apparently because Google doesn’t care and ignores all complaints about scammers using Gmail.
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Oxford Street is not London's only new pedestrianised high street.
We've been working with @CamdenCouncil and I'm delighted that the trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street has been a success and will now be made permanent.
We've been working with @CamdenCouncil and I'm delighted that the trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street has been a success and will now be made permanent.
Busy north London high street permanently bans traffic after successful trial trib.al/wG7sslt
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@s8mba@SCP_Hughes the endless avenues of New York's 1811 Commissioners' Plan to the streets laid out by Dutch people in the 17th century. NOBODY likes the endless avenues.
Along with the Formal, Picturesque, and Eclectic or Hybrid sensitivities, there are the Thoughtless, Artless, and Undesthis in @Street_Design.
Along with the Formal, Picturesque, and Eclectic or Hybrid sensitivities, there are the Thoughtless, Artless, and Undesthis in @Street_Design.
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