Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

October 22, 2013

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walkable City—bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change happens—lays out a practical, necessary, and inspiring vision for how to make American
cities great again.


Tags: bicycling; sustainable transport; modal shift, Transport, urban planning, walkable cities

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