Pedestrian planning prioritizes the safety and comfort of people walking. Planning for pedestrians includes evaluating road conditions, identifying potential dangers and constraints, and developing a comprehensive network of sidewalks and walkways that are accessible to people of all abilities and protect walkers from vehicles and other dangers. With pedestrians dying at increasingly higher rates, it has become clear in recent years that privileging car-centric development has had deadly results, and a paradigm shift is necessary to eliminate traffic deaths and make roadways safer for everyone inside and outside cars.

Pedestrian Planning Courses

cars in traffic emitting pollution
Transportation Planning: Effects on the Environment, Health, and Social Justice
Richard Willson
57 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
sculpture in an urban plaza
Design for Peace and Democracy
Kristin Faurest
50 Mins
  • CIP
  • AICP CM
crosswalk intersection painted with rainbow colors
Tactical Urbanism: How It's Done
Mike Lydon
96 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
busy street with pedestrians, cars, and streetlights in New York
Designing the Megaregion
Jonathan Barnett
65 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
Car crashed into interstate wall with firefighters and people pointing.
Walkable City 3: The Safe Walk (A)
Jeff Speck
77 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
aerial view of ancient city grid
The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid
Mark David Major
47 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
aerial of denver with buildings and transit
Equitable Transit Oriented Development
John Hersey
57 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
metro train with buildings in background
Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems
Richard Willson
62 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
Bus departs busbay in town center
Planning Communities for Maximum Transit Access
Jarrett Walker
75 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
bicyclists cross bridge in park with houston skyline in background
Greening the Neighborhood: An Introduction to LEED-ND
Eliot Allen
51 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
pedestrian traffic signal with text "Getting There"
Getting There
58 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
Bright walkway inbetween buildings with palm trees and a man walking in the background in Dubai
Walkable City 5: The Comfortable Walk
Jeff Speck
66 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
aerial view of los angeles at night
The American City, Part 2: The Invention of a New Scale
Mark David Major
50 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
Rendering of a mixed use development with a theatre, restaurant, and residential units above
Suburban Remix: Creating the Next Generation of Urban Places
David Dixon
63 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
aerial view of cars at large intersection
Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches
Richard Willson
55 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
A grade-separated roundabout in the Netherlands
Introduction to Dutch Network Planning
Lennart Nout
63 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
park with city skyline in background
Greening the Neighborhood: Accelerating Sustainability with LEED-ND
Eliot Allen
52 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
bicyclists with city bus in background in santa monica
Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals into the Planning Process
Chris Holtkamp
66 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
Park on the historic walkable city wall of the Italian city of Lucca in the Pisa region
Walkable City 6: The Interesting Walk
Jeff Speck
77 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
aerial image of portland oregon
The American City, Part 3: Learning from the Grid
Mark David Major
53 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
mixed-use development with people walking, retail stores
Walkable Density: Building Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Communities
David Dixon
60 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
aerial view of cars on highway
Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity
Richard Willson
63 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
car-free modern condominiums
Walking Towards Inclusion
David Dixon
41 Mins
  • AICP CM
exterior of leed building
Greening the Neighborhood: LEED-ND Core Concepts
Eliot Allen
29 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

Top Pedestrian Planning Instructors

Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State...

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Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.

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David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

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Eliot Allen

Eliot Allen, certified, LEED AP-ND, is an urban planner and Principal with Criterion Planners of Portland...

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Lennart Nout

Lennart is an urban mobility design consultant, specializing in design and planning of bicycle networks and...

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Kristin Faurest

Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...

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Mark David Major

Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College...

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Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

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Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges...

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Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

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John Hersey

John is a planner with two decades of experience critically evaluating and advancing transit-oriented development as...

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior...

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Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

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Mike Lydon

Mike Lydon is a Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative.

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Nick Falbo

Nick is an urban transportation planner specializing in the design of transportation networks, spaces for people...

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Jarrett Walker

Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, with 25 years...

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Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

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Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

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Kayla Hunter

Kayla is an experienced non-profit professional who works with at-risk youth to reimagine unused, neglected spaces...

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Angie Schmitt

Angie Schmitt is a writer and founder of 3MPH Planning and Consulting, a Cleveland-based firm focused...

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Lance Freeman

Lance Freeman is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at Columbia University in New York...

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Dave Amos

Dave is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cal Poly...

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Chris Holtkamp

Chris Holtkamp is a certified planner and is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning at the...

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Jonathan Barnett

Jonathan Barnett is Fellow of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and an Emeritus Professor of...

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Understanding the basics of artificial intelligence, or AI, is increasingly important for urban planners. Learn the capabilities, limitations, and language of emerging technologies that utilize AI methods.

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