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Walking enhances cognitive performance.
A recent study makes a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between neighborhood satisfaction, naturalness, and openness, while another looks at sustainable neighborhood design.
Walkers travel slower if vegetation is nearby but traffic isn't.
Two recent studies provide evidence that trees and grass around public housing sites can reduce some aggression and deter crime.
It is necessary to consider the safety and security of facility users under abnormal, as well as normal, conditions and for design or management staff to examine their facility plans for both potential trouble spots and characteristics that facilitate help when problems do arise.
A report from the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) and the Federal Highway Administration, titled Traffic Calming: State-of-the-Practice, covers a number of methods that can moderate street traffic. A related paper, also written by Reid Ewing (Rutgers University), concentrates on physical measures, since these are generally most effective.
Understanding and accommodating user needs is a sound design maxim. Researchers interviewed Seattle truck drivers to obtain their views on the design of commercial urban and suburban buildings.
Two studies examine how neighborhood and streetscape preferences affect pedestrian behavior. One study investigates how environmental aesthetics and neighborhood design affect walking for exercise, and the other examines visitor path-choice at urban intersections.
What does it take to create not only a pedestrian-friendly place, but a place that pedestrians are drawn to?
What makes "third places" work?