Posted in News

10 Ways to Help Cities Grow Smarter

   January 6, 2010

Fast Company Magazine is highlighting The Smart Growth Manual by Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, and Mike Lydon presents 150 tips for building cities that are livable, sustainable and enjoyable for those who live there. Here are 10 11 of their favorites.

  1. Provide contextually appropriate modes of transit
  2. Design and locate civic buildings honorably
  3. Protect neighborhoods from high-speed thoroughfares
  4. Expose natural amenities to public view
  5. Satisfy daily shopping needs within each neighborhood
  6. Link green areas into continuous systems
  7. Encourage food production everywhere by everyone
  8. Design for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as automobiles
  9. Enclose street spaces with building fronts
  10. Design parking lots for humans and cars
  11. Design buildings to minimize thermal and light impacts

Read more.

Share:

Rules for Comments

Your comments are welcomed, but there are some rules to follow:

(1) Be Nice. No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks.

(2) No Harrassing Comments.

(3) No Libel. That’s saying something is not true about someone. Don’t do it.

(4) Keep it clean. Nothing vulgar, obscene, or sexually related. No profanity or obvious substitutions.

(5) I reserve the right to remove any comments that violate our rules or are inappropriate. I am not responsible for what is posted. Comments may not appear right away until they are approved by a moderator.

(6) Limit your comments to the subject in this story only, and limit comments to 1,500 characters or less. Do not post copyrighted material. Comments will not be added to stories that are over five days old.

(7) No posts may advertise a commercial business, political candidate, or political group. Links in a comment aren’t allowed.

8) Commenting too many times may result in your comments not being allowed. Readers will begin to ignore your views.

9) Email me if you believe a comment violates any of these rules, and it will be deleted.