Name: Walkable City 4: The Safe Walk (B)
Rating: 4.61 (146 reviews)
Author: Jeff Speck

Course Info

10 video lessons (82 Mins)
Published
2025
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1.

Introduction

3 mins
2.

Lane Width

10 mins
3.

Curb Parking

2 mins
4.

Street Trees

2 mins
5.

Intersection Geometry

13 mins
6.

Centerlines

5 mins
7.

Signals vs. Stops

13 mins
8.

Cycling Infrastructure

10 mins
9.

Cycling Arguments

10 mins
10.

Pedestrian Zones

10 mins

What You Will Learn

- Learn how curb parking impacts road safety.

- Learn how street trees impact road safety.

- Learn how intersection geometry impacts road safety.

- Learn the pros and cons of roundabouts.

- Learn how removing centerlines impacts road safety.

- Learn how converting signals to stop signs impacts road safety.

- Learn about the full range of cycling infrastructure, and the best arguments in its favor.

- Learn a prudent strategy for introducing pedestrian zones.

Course Description

A proper Vision Zero approach to street design leads to a focus on limiting vehicle speeding, which is the outcome of many factors covered in this course and the prior one, The Safe Walk (A). This second segment covers factors including lane width, curb parking, street trees, intersection geometry, roundabouts, centerlines, signals vs. stop-signs, cycling infrastructure, and pedestrian zones, and covers important street transformations in Lancaster, CA, and Queens, NY.

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