Sentences with phrase «for walkable places»
Steve concludes that «Walk Appeal just might end up being one of the best economic development tools for walkable places.»
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The Bay of Banderas is well known for it's ample «walkable» beach and gorgeous sunsets and there is no better place to enjoy them both than at Azul Condominiums.
The fourth most trafficked post was about the Muzereks, a Vancouver family who decided a small condo in a walkable area was a better fit for their values than big place in the burbs.
Walk Appeal promises to be a major new tool for understanding and building walkable places, and it explains several things that were heretofore either contradictory or mysterious.
But it is no substitute for good urban design that gets us out of our cars, denser housing types that can support walkable communities, and better buildings that use less energy in the first place.
To do Step One of Jeff Speck's ten step program for walkable communities: Put cars in their place to reclaim our cities for pedestrians.
Green Buildings Don't an Eco-Town Make As for the challenges that building new walkable and bikeable places that are the antithesis of sprawling, low - density housing, Stutz says,
He says that changing demographics — from aging baby boomers desirous of being close to entertainment and healthcare to young people without children — are creating a desire for places to live that are walkable and have amenities nearby.
Walkability means proximity to certain places (like a park) as well as agreeable paths to them — walkable neighborhoods should have sidewalks for safety, vegetation for aesthetic, trees for cooling effects in the summer and perceived safety.
And among for - sale housing, per - square - foot values in walkable places s are 71 % higher than the average of all other places.
For example, tell us you are concerned about environmental issues and we might suggest places that are highly walkable.
The new term, discussed by a panel of experts at the recent Urban Land Institute Annual Meeting in Chicago, refers to a cohesive design used to create more urban, «walkable» communities with gathering places for socialization and connectivity.