Why Bad Street Design is Both Costly and Deadly

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We understand how frustrating the problem of bad street design is, especially because most communities don’t have a vision or language for an alternative. But you don’t have to accept the status quo. Strong Towns literally wrote the book on building safe and productive streets. We help public officials, professionals, and citizen advocates take control of their local streets. We’ve seen places transformed. The same is possible for your city, too.

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Two great groups working to make Chicago streets safer for everyone
https://www.betterstreetschicago.org/
https://bikegridnow.org/

Jeff Speck: https://www.jeffspeck.com/

Better Block: https://www.betterblock.org/

About us: We seek to replace America’s post-war pattern of development, the Suburban Experiment, with a pattern of development that is financially strong and resilient. We advocate for cities of all sizes to be safe, livable, and inviting. We elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.

00:00 Intro
2:11 Forgiving Design?
3:27 Chicago as an Example
4:24 Systems of the Mind
7:17 Suburb Comparison
9:10 Solutions?
10:29 People doing this work