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Walkable cities are marvelous creations.<\/strong> They give us freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, and freedom to walk our cities, as urban planner Jeff Speck says. Speck gave a TED Talk<\/a> where he explained four planning principles to transform sprawling cities \u201cinto safe, walkable oases full of bike lanes and tree-lined streets.\u201d His main point is that if you want to have a walkable city you can\u2019t start with the sprawl model, you need the bones of an urban model and then build on it (runtime 18:37).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walkable cities are marvelous creations. They give us freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, and freedom to walk our cities, as urban planner Jeff Speck says. 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