Pedestrian Planning | Planetizen Courses

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

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Greening the Neighborhood: LEED-ND Globally and v.4 Update

51 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Right of Way: How Racial and Class Disparities Created a Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths

96 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking

54 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

59 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Incremental Code Reform: Enabling Better Places

Lynn Richards, Susan Henderson

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The Good Street: A New Methodology for Balancing Place and Flow

55 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Parking Reform Made Easy

Richard Willson

72 Mins

AICP CM

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Planning for Universal Design

46 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Transit Planning: The First/Last Mile

83 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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History of U.S. Landscape Architecture, Part 2

Kristin Faurest

61 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

60 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Decking Highways: Reconnecting Communities

51 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Geoffrey Ferrell

71 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in the U.S.

53 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to New Mobility

77 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Findlay market on a colorful street in Ohio.

Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 1

Kristin Faurest

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

busy street with cars and pedestrians in India

The Human Scale

81 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

79 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Form-Based Codes 101: Neighborhoods

Geoffrey Ferrell, Daniel Parolek

68 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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Women and Cities 4: Gender Equity in the Public Sphere

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

55 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

Carol D. Barrett

83 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

A busy street in Vienna, Austria.

Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 2

Kristin Faurest

53 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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GIS Walkability Modeling

Steph A. Nelson

46 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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What is a Comprehensive Plan?

60 Mins

Top Pedestrian Planning Instructors

Richard Willson

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

Jeff Speck

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

David Dixon

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

Eliot Allen

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

Lennart Nout

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

Kristin Faurest

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

Mark David Major

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

Adam Fine

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

Geoffrey Ferrell

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

Jun Wang

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

John Hersey

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

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

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

Lisa Nisenson

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

Mike Lydon

Mike Lydon is a Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative.

Nick Falbo

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

Jarrett Walker

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

Elizabeth Doerr

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

Lynn Peterson

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

Kayla Hunter

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

Angie Schmitt

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

Lance Freeman

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

Dave Amos

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

Chris Holtkamp

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

Jonathan Barnett

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

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All Pedestrian Planning Courses

Building Bad, Part 2: How Architectural Utility is Damaged by Expression

Instructor: Jonathan Ochshorn

Join Jonathan Ochshorn on a captivating exploration of his theory "Building Bad" in Part Two of this course. Discover the fascinating interplay between artistic expression and the functionality of buildings, and how they can sometimes clash.

4.33

59 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

Building Bad, Part 1: How Architectural Utility is Constrained by Politics

Instructor: Jonathan Ochshorn

Discover the theory of “Building Bad”: an examination of the costs and benefits that can limit the functionality of buildings in exchange for profits.

4.38

57 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

Environmental and Sustainability Standards

Instructor: Carlos Zapata

This course explains the different and most relevant sustainability standards—such as GRI, CDP, SASB, ISO, B-Corp, and others—as well as the differences between process and performance standards.

4.20

61 Mins

CIP

AICP CM