Intersection density & centrality

What is the best method to quantify what makes a place walkable?  The Journal of the American Planning Association recently published some powerful documentation from Robert Cervero and Reid Ewing on the value of pedestrian-oriented design (following up on yesterday’s links).  Grist has the article (hat tip to Planetizen), citing Laurence Aurbach’s PedShed blog –

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June 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Planning | 2 comments

Changing suburbia

Some suburban items to share today:

Design: Infrastructurist takes a look at the problem of culs-de-sac (which I believe is the proper plural of cul de sac).

Commenters take note of some serious issues with this particular study, but the general point still stands – culs de sac remove key links from the street network, requiring longer

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May 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Density, Links, Suburbia | 2 comments

Perceptions of density often miss the mark

Photo from cacophony76.

Density is one of the most important elements of any city, but also one of the most misunderstood.

However, the density of a site is often not what it initially seems – people will key on things like height, design, maintenance, and context rather than actually looking at what density means to them. 

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January 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Density | 9 comments

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