Booked on Planning
Booked on Planning
Booked on Planning
Livable Streets 2.0
35 minutes Posted Jan 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Opening And Book Context
The Original Livable Streets Legacy
Personal Tragedy And Motivation
Cognitive Mapping And Children
What Makes A Street Feel Good
Beyond Safety In Safe Routes
Street Slum Effect And Economics
Livability Ethics And Tradeoffs
Autonomous Vehicles: Risks And Hopes
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Streets can be good friends or quiet bullies. We talk with author and planner Bruce Appleyard about Livable Streets 2.0 and how design choices—lane widths, speeds, buffers, sidewalks, and bike protection—shape safety, community bonds, and the energy we feel the moment our feet touch the curb. Bruce shares the personal story behind the book’s legacy and why traffic’s “invisible harms” still fracture neighborhoods, then maps a clear path to build streets that give back. We dig into cognitive m...