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Kenneth Garcia

OUR INHERITANCE OUR INHERITANCE

You’ve been there. Stuck. On U.S. 41. On I-75. On Colonial in Fort Myers. On Pine Ridge in Naples. On Corkscrew Road in Estero. Driving to and from Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres. In this state of “stuckness,” you scold yourself. Why didn’t you check traffic before leaving? Why haven’t you downloaded that traffic app yet to your phone? Why did you take this road? Where else would you go? Why do you live in a state where so many other people want to be? You know why, you like it too, but you’re late, frustrated and planning on speeding once things start moving. “Take that that five minutes and multiply it twice a day, how many hours of life have just gone by because you’re stuck in traffic?” says Wayne Daltry, who spent 27 years with Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council before retiring. “Traffic is no little thing and then it goes to pot and then

Kenneth Garcia

Broadway at Herald Square, New York, 1908 Broadway at Herald Square, , 1908 Lexington at 89 th Street, 100 Years Apart

Madison Square, New York THE PUBLIC REALM THE PUBLIC REALM

RESTORING ADDRESSES

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[AND CONFIDENCE IN CHANGE] RESTORING ADDRESSES

[AND CONFIDENCE IN CHANGE] RESTORING ADDRESSES

[AND CONFIDENCE IN CHANGE] RESTORING ADDRESSES

[AND CONFIDENCE IN CHANGE] DID YOUR PARENTS WALK TO SCHOOL? DID YOU WALK TO SCHOOL? DO THE KIDS IN YOUR FAMILY WALK TO SCHOOL? FIVE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS (YOU CAN DEMAND) SHAPED COMFORTABLE CONNECTED SAFE MEMORABLE Great Barrington MA SHAPED COMFORTABLE CONNECTED SAFE MEMORABLE B a r c e l o n a N o r f o l k “Auto Sewer”

SHAPED COMFORTABLE CONNECTED SAFE MEMORABLE The Woodlands, Texas – 36 intersections per square mile Celebration, Florida – 377.8 intersections per square mile Rome, Italy – 1029.2 intersections per square mile THE POWER OF CONNECTED

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How do we get from here to there? THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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How do we get from here to there? THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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How do we get from here to there? THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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1 Possible Route THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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Add a second pair of streets to the network, and… THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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2 Possible Routes THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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Add another street in each direction… THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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More Possible Routes THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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More Possible Routes: 6 in all, without doubling back THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

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Continue enhancing the network: 4 x 3 grid yields 35 routes THE POWER OF CONNECTED STREETS

Make a town, not “pods.” 8 x 8 grid yields 12,870 routes SHAPED COMFORTABLE CONNECTED SAFE MEMORABLE SMALLSLOW IS BEAUTIFULIS SAFE

Many types of cyclists, motorists, pedestrians, passengers

SHAPED COMFORTABLE CONNECTED SAFE MEMORABLE Micanopy, FL South Miami, FL

Ave n u e d ’ I e n a , P a r i s Ave n u e d ’ I e n a , P a r i s THE LIMITED MENU RESTORINGAvenues & A BIGGER MENU OF STREET TYPES

THE ELEVEN FUNDAMENTAL TYPES

PARKWAY MULTIWAY BOULEVARD & AVENUE BOULEVARD & AVENUE PROMENADE & RAMBLA MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN STREET NEIGHBORHOOD STREET YIELD STREET GARDEN STREET PEDESTRIAN STREET PASSAGE & STEP STREET NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

SOUTH MAIN, BUENA VISTA CO NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

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ADDISON MIZNER AWARD WINNER 2017

SOUTH MAIN, BUENA VISTA CO NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

2016

ADDISON MIZNER AWARD WINNER 2017

SOUTH MAIN, BUENA VISTA CO NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

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ADDISON MIZNER AWARD WINNER 2017

SOUTH MAIN, BUENA VISTA CO NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

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I’ON , MOUNT PLEASANT SC NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

I’ON , MOUNT PLEASANT SC NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

OAKLAND PARK, WINTER GARDEN FL THE RURAL-TO-URBAN TRANSECT

DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS THE RURAL-TO-URBAN TRANSECT

DPZ & COMPANY THE RURAL-TO-URBAN TRANSECT

DPZ & COMPANY THE RURAL-TO-URBAN TRANSECT

DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS

NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

HUDSON, MONTGOMERY AL NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

HUDSON, MONTGOMERY AL NEW TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

HUDSON, MONTGOMERY AL THE “MISSING MIDDLE”

DAN AND KAREN PAROLEK THE “MISSING MIDDLE”

DAN AND KAREN PAROLEK THE MISSING MIDDLE THE MISSING MIDDLE

Twain Avenue, Davidson NC THE MISSING MIDDLE THE MISSING MIDDLE

Twain Avenue, Davidson NC THE MISSING MIDDLE

Twain Avenue, Davidson NC THE MISSING MIDDLE THE MISSING MIDDLE THE MISSING MIDDLE STREET TREES, YES. STREET TREES, YES. STREET TREES, YES. NARROW IS BEST. BUT WIDE STREETS CAN BE EXCELLENT. Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA

Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah GA Aix-en-Provence Adam Kerr RETROFITTING STREETS RETHINK 8TH ST

T H E FIU COLLAPSE, MARCH 15, 2018

RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET EXISTING CONDITIONS RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET EXISTING CONDITIONS – WITH PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET PROPOSED REDESIGN – WITH BUS RAPID TRANSIT RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET PROPOSED REDESIGN – PLUS STREET TREES RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET PROPOSED REDESIGN – WITHOUT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE RETHINK 8TH ST

S W 8 TH STREET PROPOSED REDESIGN – WITH LIGHT RAIL

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“COMPLETE STREETS?”

Hotel Row – South Downtown – Atlanta, GA Hotel Row – South Downtown – Atlanta, GA Mitchell Street – South Downtown – Atlanta, GA Mitchell Street – South Downtown – Atlanta, GA “FORGET THE DAMNED MOTORCAR AND BUILD THE CITIES FOR LOVERS AND FRIENDS” - LEWIS MUMFORD