awesome.goodmagazine.com — Streets can and must be more than just a place for the movement and storage of private motor vehicles. The urban street of the 21st century will be a ?complete street,? accommodating pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders alike. At the Livable Streets Initiative we are helping citizens re-envision streets as great public spaces.
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aletoledoApr 8, 2009
I'd like to see all the bike riders commuting from the SFV to downtown everyday.
Closed AccountApr 8, 2009
Agreed. This simply wont work for large American cities that weren't built around these ideas. LA is far too spread out for anyone to bike to get around. Elaborate public transportation systems don't exist, and the cost of creating them would be huge since space was not reserved for tracks and stations. Buses? Again, WAY too spread out for them to be effective.This is not Europe. Our cities weren't built extremely packed together, because they weren't built hundreds of years before the car. I would love a full fledged train/subway system where I could get to any part of town, but that's not likely to happen any time soon. And in LA especially where earthquakes are a threat, it makes subways even less viable.
Closed AccountApr 9, 2009
I imagine airport and mall-like transportation.
Closed AccountApr 9, 2009
Charlotte, NC anyone? Beautifully planned city (the newer parts).
hisnameischrisApr 9, 2009
While at first I was slightly horrified, I quickly began to love the idea. Reduced parking means less people will want to drive into the city - which means adoption of public transport. This also leads to less of a need for lanes, hence more space for other things such as trees and paths to walk on.IMO cities should be building more intricate rail-based public transport networks - preferably personal rail 'cabs' to zoom within two blocks of any place in a city.
nemofishcltApr 10, 2009
If only Charlotte had enough money to fix the roads
jonnyboy1544Apr 10, 2009
It's okay, I buy carbon offsets.