I was planning to write an article on creating walkable neighborhoods. The concept is based on the idea that you can easily live in an area where most of your needs can be met within a 1 mile walk. Planning neighborhoods this way requires thinking in a different way for many of us. The result is less cars on the street. Less pollution. Healthier, walking lifestyles. Part of our plan for the area surrounding our building is to draw in new investors to the neighborhood, and create a walking neighborhood. Groceries, fitness, entertainment, arts, dining-all in the same place where you live. This makes it possible to ditch the car for many of the chores of daily living, and gets people out on their own streets. This makes them safer and friendlier places to be.
So this was planned to be a great post, but I found that others are already writing great info on the topic, so i will just share some links with you! Check out Green LA Girl for her post on one mile radius living, and Joe.My.God for his post on walkability.
Tags: Go Green, Urban Planning
This is the way it should have been done from the start… It’s never too late though!
It was done that way from the start! Detroit-Shoreway was a dense, walkable neighborhood in 1920, and it can be again.
Yes I Agree! Actually we lived the right way in many ways befor the auto became so popular!