Do Your City’s Streets Make Room for People Too? A Handy Visual Test

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By Angie SchmittNov 7, 2013, 11:03 am90 pts
This map shows the share of street space devoted to pedestrians in Madison, Wisconsin. Image: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin A big problem with designing cities around cars is that motor vehicles are big and bulky and take up a ton of space. And the more space you give to cars, the greater the pressure to cede even…

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