Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

Cities are the future of the human race, and Jeff Speck knows how to make them work. David Owen, staff writer at the New Yorker Nearly every US city would like to be more walkablefor reasons of health, wealth, and the environmentyet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is seldom easy. Jeff Specks follow-up to his bestselling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doers guide to making change in cities, and making it now. The 101 rules are practical yet engagingworded for arguments at the planning commission, illustrated for clarity, and packed with specifications as well as data. For ease of use, the rules are grouped into 19 chapters that cover everything from selling walkability, to getting the parking right, escaping automobilism, making comfortable spaces and interesting places, and doing it now! Walkable City was written to inspire; Walkable City Rules was written to enable. It is the most comprehensive tool available for bringing the latest and most effective city-planning practices to bear in your community. The content and presentation make it a force multiplier for place-makers and change-makers everywhere.