Libro: “Walkable City. How downtown can save America, one step at time”

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“Walkable City. How downtown can save America, one step at time”.

Editado por: FSG Books
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 978-0-374-28581-4
Año: 2012
Autor: Jeff Speck
Dónde encontrarlo: En este link de Amazon.

Sobre el libro

A lo largo de su carrera, el diseñador urbano y urbanista estadounidense, Jeff Speck, ha desarrollado numerosos planes maestros para barrios, centros y bordes costeros de ciudades estadounidenses que tienen un factor común: la transitabilidad.

En su visión, este elemento es fundamental para que las ciudades, independiente de su escala, prosperen en diversas esferas. Es por esta razón que en este libro profundiza en qué es lo que hace que la transitabilidad funcione en las ciudades que describe en diez pasos clasificados en la utilidad, seguridad, comodidad e interesante.

En 2013, esta publicación fue elegida la Nº 17 entre los 100 mejores libros de ciudad por Planetizen.

Contenidos

Prologue
A General Theory of Walkability

I: Why Walkability?

Walking the urban advantage
Why Johnny can’t walk
The wrong color green

II: The Ten Steps of Walkability

The Useful Walk
• Step 1: Put cars in their places
• Step 2: Mix the uses
• Step 3: Get the parking right
• Step 4: Let transit ork

The Safe Walk
• Step 5: Protect the pedestrian
• Step 6: Welcome bikes

The Comfortable Walk
•  Step 7: Shape the spaces
• Step 8: Plant Trees

The Interesting Walk

• Step 9: Make friendly and unique faces
• Step 10: Pick your winners

Acknowledgments
Notes
Works cited
Geographical index
General index

Extracto

“Will the pedestrian survive? Or, more precisely: Will potential walkers feel adequately protected against being run over, enough so that they make the choice to walk?

This is clearly the central question of any discussion of walkable cities. As all the other steps make clear, pedestrian safety is not enough. But it is essential, and also so often needlessly botched by the people who build our cities. These failures stem from two principal sources: a lack of concern for the pedestrian and a fundamental misunderstanding within the professions about what makes streets safe. The first cause is political, and can be overcome through advocacy. The second cause is technical, and can be overcome by setting the record straight”. (Step 5: Protect the pedestrian. The Safe Walk. II: The Ten Steps of Walkability. P. 163).