Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Dan Burden

Streets for Walking, Part 2: Dan Burden on Building Support for Change

By Noah Kazis | Apr 13, 2010 | No Comments

Burden leads a workshop helping a hospital in Calgary design its pedestrian space. Photo: Dan Burden. 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). Burden has been advocating for […]

Making Streets for Walking: Dan Burden on Reforming Design Standards

By Noah Kazis | Apr 8, 2010 | 28 Comments

A template for an urban street in "Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares." Source: Claire Vlach, Bottomley Design & Planning. 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 […]