Carlee Jane’s Reviews > Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places > Status Update

Kind of dying that I’m just 50 pages away from being able to go to the library again, but I promptly forget when reading so that speaks to the quality 👌

I want a couple great zinger sentences to stick with me:

“Any [road] lane that is wider than necessary should be understood as a health risk and addressed with appropriate alarm.” (113)

“[M]ost transit agencies need to be reminded that streets that kill pedestrians threaten their customer base.” (117)

Most of these ideas are familiar (though I still enjoy having them in concise two-page summaries), but #10 about the long-term revenue of development was new to me! Helps make sense of why suburban sprawl continues, sadly.

Last book of my oath! Stepping foot in a library got me revved up to start this final journey, and I can already tell it’s going to be a bite-at-a-time read and a useful tool for future advocacy. Jeff is a little quirky and definitely writing to his audience, so there’s a little more leg work to communicate the ideas well but it’s a hugely helpful starting point.