Press release for the report on PRNewswire
In a concise, vibrant and accessible format, the booklet promises to be a "must read" for all those involved in city design and urban planning, and forms the backbone of the ITDP exhibition "Our Cities Ourselves," which opens on June 24 at New York's Center for Architecture, before traveling to China, Brazil, Mexico and beyond.
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What are the ten principles of sustainable transport?
- Walk the walk: Create great pedestrian environments.
- Powered by people: Create a great environment for bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles.
- Get on the bus: Provide great, cost-effective public transport.
- Cruise control: Provide access for clean passenger vehicles at safe speeds and in significantly reduced numbers.
- Deliver the goods: Service the city in the cleanest and safest manner.
- Mix it up: Mix people and activities, buildings and spaces.
- Fill it in: Build dense, people and transit oriented urban districts that are desirable.
- Get real: Preserve and enhance the local, natural, cultural, social and historical assets.
- Connect the blocks: Make walking trips more direct, interesting and productive with small-size, permeable buildings and blocks.
- Make it last: Build for the long term. Sustainable cities bridge generations. They are memorable, malleable, built from quality materials, and well maintained.
Missing explicitly, especially for small cities, some Jacobsian rules: small blocks, small lots, and street-facing buildings (as opposed to parking lots).
WNYC covered the exhibit here:
http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/jun/12/urban-planning-brooklyn-bridge-michael-sorkin/
I can't find the actual report that the press release announces, and the ITDP's site doesn't have any news since June 14. (I personally would update my own blog before sending something to PRNewswire..:)
Via Sustainable Cities: http://tinyurl.com/29fzzsz
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