Livable Streets 2.0

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Livable Streets 2.0 offers a thorough examination of the struggle between automobiles, residents, pedestrians and other users of streets, along with evidence-based, practical strategies for redesigning city street networks that support urban livability. In 1981, when Donald Appleyard’s Livable Streets was published, it was globally recognized as a groundbreaking work, one of the most influential urban design books of its time. Unfortunately, he was killed a year later by a speeding drunk driver. This latest update, Livable Streets 2.0, revisited by his son Bruce, updates on the topic with the latest research, new case studies and best practices for creating more livable streets. It is essential reading for those who influence future directions in city and transportation planning. Cover Front Matter Copyright Donald Appleyard’s original dedication Contents Author biography Foreword Prelude Acknowledgments Introduction I Street conflict: Living with traffic 1. Three streets in San Francisco 2. The ecology of the street 3. Street images, values, and problems 4. Intrusion, disruption, and adaptation 5. Streets of San Francisco 6. The vulnerable groups 7. The meaning of livable and complete streets to schoolchildren 8. The human scale relationships of traffic, street livability, health, and equity 9. Cars, conflict and community severance II Power 10. How livable streets humanized the auto-mobility paradigm 11. The shaping of street ecologies and neighborhoods in the US and Europe 12. A contemporary history, circa 1981 onward 13. Early street battles of Britain 14. Early street battles of San Francisco Bay Area 15. Street fights for livability, health, and humanity 16. Power and politics of the street III Realizing the promise of our streets 17. Livability ethics for street and urban empathy, equity, and justice 18. A Charter for Humane & Equitable Streets 19. Processes and principles for creating livable & complete streets and communities 20. Tools, rules, and techniques 21. The generation, articulation, and communication of alternatives IV The challenge and future of our streets 22. Streets can kill cities: Third world beware 23. Epilogue Appendices References Index Back Cover