Comments on: Design That Changes How We Think About Walkability http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm A Blog on Community, Design and Technology Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:02:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 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.

]]> By: kurtmunz http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2484 kurtmunz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:57 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1527#comment-2484 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-2483 Steffan Antonas Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:28 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1527#comment-2483 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.

]]> By: Nancy M http://blog.steffanantonas.com/design-that-changes-how-we-think-about-walkability.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2482 Nancy M Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:18 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1527#comment-2482 Having lived in both small towns and cities where I could walk to get what I needed (mostly), I heartily support this! The key probably is for local government to require developers to provide the pathways needed -- sidewalks and bikeways. No cool bike will work if there's not a safe pathway.<br><br>As of mass transit -- I miss the European trains that went from downtown to downtown and, perhaps more, a way to get to them. Taking the train from where I am is impossible because parking is impossible. Having lived in both small towns and cities where I could walk to get what I needed (mostly), I heartily support this! The key probably is for local government to require developers to provide the pathways needed — sidewalks and bikeways. No cool bike will work if there's not a safe pathway.

As of mass transit — I miss the European trains that went from downtown to downtown and, perhaps more, a way to get to them. Taking the train from where I am is impossible because parking is impossible.

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