Public Realm and Walkable Cities Lecture
Need answers to these questions?
What does it mean to be pedestrian friendly?
Why is pedestrian friendly important?
What characterizes a pedestrian-friendly city?
How do we create a pedestrian-friendly city?
What is the connection between design, development, and sustainability?
This week you may get them!
As part of the Raleigh Department of City Planning’s Designing a 21st Century City Lecture Series, Adrienne Schmitz, Director, Residential Community Development, Urban Land Institute , and author of various books including Creating Walkable Places with Walter Kulash, P.E., Principal and Senior Traffic Engineer for Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, of Orlando, Fla. will speak about The Public Realm and How to Create Pedestrian-Friendly Cities this Thursday September 20, 2007 at Kennedy Theatre in The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
Public Realm
How Do We Create a Pedestrian-Friendly City?
The quality of the public realm is vital to our ability to succeed as a place where people want to live, work, and visit.
The public realm is the space between buildings. It includes all public spaces, streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, plazas, and open space. It also is the classroom for teaching civic engagement. A successful public realm creates interesting and engaging experiences for the people who use it.
The cost of the event is free and it is open to the public.
September 20, 2007
6:00-8:30 p.m.
The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Theater, in Raleigh, NC.
Schmitz is an expert on urban planning and real estate development. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The LA Times. Her education includes a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia.
Kulash is best known for his work with “traffic calming” (a familiar subject from the Hillsborough/Morgan traffic circle debate) and “livable traffic” design, which balances characteristics of traffic control concepts such as retail friendliness and community public space.
More information on the lecture HERE
Also check out how walkable your neighborhood is HERE
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Cindy
09/19 12:36 PM
Hmmm…I wish I could attend this but alas, I have a schedule conflict. I am interested to know if this lecture will lead to anything else? Like actually planning for Raleigh to be more pedestrian-friendly? Including the city that exists outside of the beltline. Glenwood around the mall is ridiculously dangerous. Maybe the Soleil Center will influence that portion, but it would be nice to see some city-wide plan, or at least putting something on the table.
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