Comments on: Design That Changes How We Think About Walkability http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: kurtmunz http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2685 kurtmunz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:24:57 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1527#comment-2685 I just moved to Spain from San Diego. I traded my 40 minute commute from Del Mar for a quick ride on my fixie bike. This country was built centuries ago the same way urban planners are just starting to think. There's no sprawl here. There's a dense, very-community oriented village then NOTHING until the next village. It's pretty fun. I just moved to Spain from San Diego. I traded my 40 minute commute from Del Mar for a quick ride on my fixie bike. This country was built centuries ago the same way urban planners are just starting to think. There's no sprawl here. There's a dense, very-community oriented village then NOTHING until the next village. It's pretty fun.

]]> By: Steffan Antonas http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2686 Steffan Antonas Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:42:28 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1527#comment-2686 Nancy,<br><br>There's a great insight here you've pointed to. Local governments and<br>developers need to think holistically about the needs of commuter<br>communities over the course of the entire journey from door to door. If one<br>leg of the journey becomes cumbersome/dangerous or there's an economic or<br>operational disincentive somewhere along the way (parking at the commuter<br>station is unavailable or expensive for example), it can ruin the overall<br>experience and prevent people from using public transit - they'll just<br>default to "I need a car", which is what we want to get away from. Nancy,

There's a great insight here you've pointed to. Local governments and
developers need to think holistically about the needs of commuter
communities over the course of the entire journey from door to door. If one
leg of the journey becomes cumbersome/dangerous or there's an economic or
operational disincentive somewhere along the way (parking at the commuter
station is unavailable or expensive for example), it can ruin the overall
experience and prevent people from using public transit – they'll just
default to “I need a car”, which is what we want to get away from.

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