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https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2019/06/25/walkable-urban-trend-keeps-going
>Walkable Urban Places (WalkUPs) continue to outperform other forms of real estate development in the nation’s largest metro areas, according to a new report Foot Traffic Ahead. The report finds a huge unmet demand for new WalkUPs, the construction of which could drive the US economy for another generation. Metro areas that are not meeting the demand for walkable urbanism are paying the price in reduced economic performance and social equity outcomes, according to the authors.
Do you think America’s mid-large cities (not the major metro areas) will catch up and start implementing smarter transport/build policy? They’re only hurting themselves by focusing on car-dependence.
>Walkable Urban Places (WalkUPs) continue to outperform other forms of real estate development in the nation’s largest metro areas, according to a new report Foot Traffic Ahead. The report finds a huge unmet demand for new WalkUPs, the construction of which could drive the US economy for another generation. Metro areas that are not meeting the demand for walkable urbanism are paying the price in reduced economic performance and social equity outcomes, according to the authors.
Do you think America’s mid-large cities (not the major metro areas) will catch up and start implementing smarter transport/build policy? They’re only hurting themselves by focusing on car-dependence.
