Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

by Jeff Speck

I like to quote David Byrne: “If we can build a successful city for children, we can build a successful city for all people.”

Congestion saves fuel because people hate to waste their time being miserable.

and most trains are way cuter than your average diesel-belching bus.

they are also cute,

The most walkable grids, like Philadelphia’s and San Francisco’s, have blocks that average less than four hundred feet in length.

This line of reasoning is so patently ridiculous that it has been embraced by the federal government.

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