This book describes how to create the 30-Minute City. The first part of the book explains accessibility. We next consider access through history . Access is the driving force behind how cities were built. Its use today is described when looking at access and the Greater Sydney Commission’s plan for Sydney.We then examine short-run fixes: things that can be done instantaneously, or nearly so, at low budget to restore access for people, which include retiming traffic signals and deploying bike sharing supported by protected bike lane networks , as well public transport timetables .We explore medium-run fixes that include implementing rapid bus networks and configuring how people get to train stations by foot and on bus .We turn to longer-run fixes. These are as much policy changes as large investments, and include job/worker balance and network restructuring as well as urban restoration , suburban retrofit , and greenfield development .We conclude with thoughts about the 'pointlessness' of cities and how to restructure practice .The appendices provide detail on access measurement , the idea of accessibility loss , valuation , the rationale for the 30-minute threshold , and reliability . It concludes with what should we research .
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Network Design Lab
Release
December 23, 2019
The 30-Minute City: Designing for Access (The Access Quintet Book 5)
This book describes how to create the 30-Minute City. The first part of the book explains accessibility. We next consider access through history . Access is the driving force behind how cities were built. Its use today is described when looking at access and the Greater Sydney Commission’s plan for Sydney.We then examine short-run fixes: things that can be done instantaneously, or nearly so, at low budget to restore access for people, which include retiming traffic signals and deploying bike sharing supported by protected bike lane networks , as well public transport timetables .We explore medium-run fixes that include implementing rapid bus networks and configuring how people get to train stations by foot and on bus .We turn to longer-run fixes. These are as much policy changes as large investments, and include job/worker balance and network restructuring as well as urban restoration , suburban retrofit , and greenfield development .We conclude with thoughts about the 'pointlessness' of cities and how to restructure practice .The appendices provide detail on access measurement , the idea of accessibility loss , valuation , the rationale for the 30-minute threshold , and reliability . It concludes with what should we research .