Car-Friendly Cities Are Not Age-Friendly Cities
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Automobiles menace the elderly and make it hard to navigate their environment, keeping them from meaningful connections,
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Elderly
Talking Headways Podcast: What It Takes To Be a Developer
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Why people of color who try to build affordable housing face many different kinds of barriers.
STUDY: Most Cyclists Killed Are Middle-Aged
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A new study finds that traffic violence deaths among adult cyclists in the U.S. have tripled since 1975, even though cycling deaths overall have actually decreased by 17 percent over the same period.
Why Walkability is Key to a Dementia-Friendly City
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How do we make urban spaces more dementia-friendly? Many of the solutions are surprisingly simple: walkable urban design and dementia-friendly design are often one and the same.
Car Dependency Built the Modern Nursing Home
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The elderly have the highest risk for dying of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. The car-focused world many of them live in just makes it worse.
Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’
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A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.