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Streets can be social spaces! Professional planners and engineers often talk about making streets more accommodating for humans, regardless of travel mode. That means embracing and protecting the fundamental modes of transport -- walking and bicycling. You will meet resistance in your quest to improve American infrastructure. Here are 9 myths commonly spread. This presentation was originally delivered for the 2014 American Planning Association - Virginia Chapter annual meeting.
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with case studies
street design myths
discrimination helps
walking & bicycling
1
downtown highways
local economy
2
experts can be
with street design
3
urbanists promote
to prehistoric era
4
bike-friendly streets
to hipsters & MAMILs
5
walkable streets
in suburbia
6
it’s impractical to
what’s broken
7
not enough space to
a complete street
8
we should
for permission
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