Street bulb outs, Takoma Park

Street bulb outs, Takoma Park
Originally uploaded by rllayman

Not every space on the street should be devoted to parking. While I wish that each point were illustrated, there is an article in the City section of the New York Times, "Taking Back the Streets," about 10 steps other than congestion pricing that New York City can take to improve streets for people and neighborhoods, rather than strictly focused on traffic and improving movement and speed for drivers.

They suggest:

-- The Woonerf
-- Play streets
-- Bicycle boulevards
-- Pavement Hierarchy
-- Green Grid
-- Mental speed bumps
-- Swaled streets (that got me...)
-- Lanescapes
-- Gentle congestion
-- Urban acupuncture.