Street Reclaiming
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:06:06 -0600 (MDT)
David Engwicht's book _Street Reclaiming, Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities_ is not about cohousing but the aims are similar tho he does not write in the context of intentional communities but rather conventional communities. "David is regarded as one of the world's most innovative thinkers in transportation, urban design, and community development." (book jacket) His concepts and point of view might be useful to cohousing communities. Retrofit cohousing communities might be particularly interested. See also his website http://www.lesstraffic.com
A few quotes.
" I defined a city as an invention to maximize exchange opportunities and to minimize travel. These exchanges may be of goods, friendship, knowledge, culture, work, education or emotional and spiritual support." "Historically, streets were not just for traffic. They were the epicenter of community life." "The introduction of the car produced a double blow to the overall exchange efficiency of the city. Firstly, it converted the dual function of streets into a single function: that of movement. Secondly, movement by car demanded at least 70 times more road space to move each person than when people walked. ... Destination (and exchange opportunities) were scattered." "Imagine your street with 50% less traffic. Imagine cars acting as guests in your street. Imagine your street now transformed into an 'outdoor living room' with children playing, neighbors chatting, and people dancing." Fred, who as list manager, wrote this message in part to test cohousing-L since there have been no messages for several days. Probably just a lull in activity but decie to check.
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Fred H. Olson  fholson [at] cohousing.org    Minneapolis,MN   55411
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