Walkable city concept

Walkability is a crucial first step in creating sustainable transportation in an urban environment.This infographic lays out what it takes to create a walkable, pedestrian-friendly environment. An urban space puts pedestrians first when it has a mix of infrastructure that ensures a physical space and design that promotes walking, activity which brings people and activities close enough to walk in safe and lively environments, and priority that gives preference to walking cycling, and transit…

How can Carlos Moreno, with a background in highly specialised modes of state control, be promulgating the virtues of open democracy in his 15-minute city?

The city that had long been the poster child of sprawl is putting its gears in reverse. With a new light rail line and a plan to make the city's core denser and more desirable, it's on the path to success.

Only the inner suburbs of Melbourne and other capital cities meet the 20-minute neighbourhood test. But we could transform the other suburbs for much less than the cost of current transport projects.

W7: Here is a way on how cities are becoming more smart and how they're going that way in the future, because as I was looking at this it was clear that we already have a lot of these "smart" functions already in use on a daily basis by people everywhere.

In the mid-20th century, many 2-way downtown streets were converted to 1-way operation to streamline traffic operations, reduce conflicts, and create direct access points to newly built urban freeways. Today, many of these streets operate significantly below capacity and create swaths of empty pavement in downtown areas. While many cities are converting these streets back…

EQUITY | WHAT IS TOD? | ABOUT THE TOD STANDARD | THE SCORECARD | DOWNLOAD TOD, or transit-oriented development, means integrated urban places designed to bring people, activities, buildings, and public space together, with easy walking and cycling connection between them and near-excellent transit service to the rest of the city. It means inclusive access for all to local and citywide opportunities and resources by the most efficient and healthful combination of mobility modes, at the lowest…