9 Street Design Myths Busted (with case studies)

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Streets can be social spaces! Professional planners and engineers often talk about making streets more accommodating for humans, regardless of travel mode. That means embracing and protecting the fundamental modes of transport -- walking and bicycling. You will meet resistance in your quest to improve American infrastructure. Here are 9 myths commonly spread. This presentation was originally delivered for the 2014 American Planning Association - Virginia Chapter annual meeting.

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with case studies

street design myths

discrimination helps

walking & bicycling

1

downtown highways

local economy

2

experts can be

with street design

3

urbanists promote

to prehistoric era

4

bike-friendly streets

to hipsters & MAMILs

5

walkable streets

in suburbia

6

it’s impractical to

what’s broken

7

not enough space to

a complete street

8

we should

for permission

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