Skip to main content

Planning

  • Chapter
  • 890 Accesses

Abstract

As the case studies in this book indicate, there is no single magic formula for creating walkable urban places in suburbia.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Notes

  1. 1.

    Multiple conversations with real estate consultants Laurie Volk (Chapter 4), Sarah Woodworth (Chapter 2), and Michael J. Berne (Chapter 5), 2015–16.

  2. 2.

    Eric Jaffe, “What Does Living ‘Close’ to Transit Really Mean?” CityLab, January 12, 2015, accessed August 6, 2017, https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2015/01/what-does-living-close-to-transit-really-mean/384421/.

  3. 3.

    Conversation with Stewart Schwartz, April 24, 2017.

  4. 4.

    Conversation with Yolanda Takesian, transportation planner at Kittelson Associates, July 15, 2014.

  5. 5.

    Conversation with retail consultant Michael J. Berne, June 5, 2016.

  6. 6.

    Conversation with transportation consultant Jason Schreiber, April 15, 2017.

  7. 7.

    Ibid.

  8. 8.

    Conversation with parking consultant Jeff Wolfe, April 15, 2017.

  9. 9.

    The “third places” (Main Street, cafés, city sidewalks, public parks) described by sociologist Ray Oldenburg that offer spontaneous opportunities for diverse interactions outside of home and work.

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Jason Beske and David Dixon

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Dixon, D. (2018). Planning. In: Beske, J., Dixon, D. (eds) Suburban Remix. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-864-0_15

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics