Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1950 – Feb 13, 2021

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Why are people so much friendlier—or at least less sociopathic—when they are walking?

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1885 – Dec 10, 2020

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The five-minute walk. A local resident is rarely more than a five-minute walk from the ordinary needs of daily life: living, working, and shopping.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1877 – Dec 2, 2020

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With empowerment comes responsibility. Now that citizens have earned a position in the planning process, it is their duty to become experts in good design, and to demand the same from those in charge.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1835 – Oct 21, 2020

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Citizens can begin by understanding how much their environment affects—or, in fact, generates—their quality of life. Once this relationship is recognized, it becomes obvious how we can best serve our own needs by improving our physical surroundings. In an increasingly diverse nation, in which our social, intellectual, and spiritual realities can be as varied as our genealogy, the physical world is the one thing that we truly share. All the more important, then, that we work on it together.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1832 – Oct 18, 2020

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In the absence of walkable public places—streets, squares, and parks, the public realm—people of diverse ages, races, and beliefs are unlikely to meet and talk. Those who believe that Internet web sites and chat rooms are effective substitutes vastly underestimate the distinction between a computer monitor and the human body.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1170 – Dec 26, 2018

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There are three other significant factors in the provision of successful pedestrian environments. First, the street space must not only be safe but also feel safe; second, the street space must be comfortable; and third, the street space must be interesting, as safety and comfort alone are not enough to get people out of their cars.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1134 – Nov 20, 2018

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The first rule is that pedestrian life cannot exist in the absence of worthwhile destinations that are easily accessible on foot.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1125 – Nov 11, 2018

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It bears repeating: we shape our cities and then our cities shape us.

—ANDRES DUANY, ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK, and JEFF SPECK, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, 2000

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