Urbanist, Developer, Writer, & Optimist. Working towards creating thoughtfully designed cities & better places to live @ Backyard, and beyond.
Rereading @SarahWGoldhagen's exceptional Welcome To Your World, which is one of the 5 books I'd recommend to anyone interested in the built environment. Data from Barrett, Davies, Zhang, & Barrett (2013)
As with many good intentions, National Walk To Work Day suffers from a mismatch with reality. Instead of forcing walking in places that "were built to make walking perilous at best", we must make walkability possible! Great piece by @JeffSpeckFAICP!
