Jeff Speck in CityLab — Let’s design more streets like the streets we already love

When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’re a traffic engineer, it seems, everything looks like a highway. If traffic engineers did not control the design of so many of our public spaces, this might not be a problem. But they do—and that’s especially true here in the U.S. Even when traffic engineers have the best intentions, too many simply lack the tools to make successful places. In the typical American city, asking a traffic engineer to design a walkable street is like asking a hammer to insert a screw. Read more: The Case for Copying More in Street Design - CityLab

Want to move lots of traffic in an urban setting? Look no further than the boulevard. https://t.co/PqXGXTqgHe via @WalkableWPB

— WalkableWPB (@WalkableWPB) April 23, 2016

The Case for Copying More in Street Design - CityLab

If goal is return a hi-speed arterial to a value-creating city street... @JeffSpeckAICP https://t.co/APfWD0oXat pic.twitter.com/NhuI2ymMMG

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 24, 2016

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