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Streets for Walking, Part 2: Dan Burden on Building Support for Change
Last week Streetsblog spoke to walkability expert Dan Burden about how new design guidelines for urban streets can replace the suburban, car-oriented standards that have become the norm throughout America (read the interview here).
April 13, 2010
Making Streets for Walking: Dan Burden on Reforming Design Standards
One of the foundational documents in our country's history of car-centric street design is what's known as the Green Book. These engineering guidelines, which have been published in various editions by the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) since the 1930s, are only "green" if you're looking at the cover.
April 8, 2010