Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fixing the Great Mistake

Revisiting Donald Appleyard’s “Livable Streets”

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 1, 2010 | No Comments

You may have wondered, while watching a Streetfilm or reading a post on Streetsblog, where we got the term “livable streets.” The answer can be found in the work of Donald Appleyard, a scholar who studied the neighborhood environment and the ways planning and design can make life better for city residents. In 1981, Appleyard […]

Streetfilms: Fixing the Great Mistake of Planning for Cars

By Elizabeth Press | Feb 25, 2010 | 23 Comments

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today. In this episode, Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White shows how planning for cars drastically […]