IZYAN RAWI S3460455
BRONX
MANHATTAN
QUEENS
BROOKLYN
STATEN ISLAND
STREET
AVENUE
POPULATION 4,347,955 LAND AREA 9,990 km²
POPULATION 1,626,159 LAND AREA 59km²
60 MINUTES TRAVEL
DRIVE
DRIVE
BIKE
BIKE
WALK
WALK
TRAIN NETWORK
TRAIN NETWORK
demographic shift WHY WALKABILITY? JEFF SPECK
economic advantage household saving
vibrant city
keep young, fresh & creative people in with abscence of street life
‘Younger people no longer see car as a necessary expense or sourc of personal freedom. In fact it is increasingly the opposite’ Richard Florida, urban theorist
1.5 MILLION AMERICANS TURN 65 EACH YEAR -LEINBERGER
DRIVEABLE URBANI$M V$. WALKABLE URBANI$M ATLANTA 35% DETROIT 40%
SEATTLE 51%
DENVER 150%
DRIVEABLE URBANI$M V$. WALKABLE URBANI$M ATLANTA 35% DETROIT 40%
SEATTLE 51%
DENVER 150%
NEW YORK 200%
A FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT SIDEWALK DIFFERENTLY GUIDELINES FOR URBAN DESIGNER, ARCHITECTS ETC. MANUAL FOR DESIGNING HEALTHIER BUILDINGS, STREETS AND URBAN SPACES
GROUND PLANE
ROADSIDE
CANOPY
BUILDING WALL
GROUND PLANE
ROADSIDE
CANOPY
BUILDING WALL
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT
walk score 88%
transit time 88%
bikeable 62%
1. Horowitz ,Howard (1997). My Idea- About the “Manhattan”. Medium: typed & printed
SOURCE + REFERENCES
2. http://transalt.org/getinvolved/neighborhood 3. www.walkscore.com 4. Bloomberg , Michael (2013). Active Design : shaping the sidewalk experiences . Tools and resources. City of New York 5. Speck ,Jeff (2012). Walkable City. How downtown can save America, one step at a time. US 6. Sweeney, Lisa (2011). Graphic: NYC Parcels retrieved from http://libraries.mit.edu/news/available/6915/ 7. http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html 8. http://ptv.vic.gov.au/ 9. www.mia-ny.com
MANHATTAN 1:5000