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A Complete Community Is All Mixed Up A complete community includes an optimal mix of people, activities, and transport modes in each neighborhood. Like a chef, planners need the right ingredients. Here is the recipe. Todd Litman | March 15, 2021, 9am PDT Share quiggyt4 A city is a place where many people and activities occur close together, which facilitates the exchange of goods and ideas. The secret to success is to mix things together to create complete communities. Urban planning often focuses on density, the number of people or activities in a given area, but equally important is land...

Rethinking Streets During the Pandemic A new book from the "Rethinking Streets" series identifies 25 quick redesigns cities can use to reconfigure streets for the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. February 18, 2021, 10am PST | Todd Litman Share The introduction to the new book Rethinking Streets During COVID-19—authored by Marc Schlossberg, Rebecca Lewis, Aliza Whalen, Clare Haley, Danielle Lewis, Natalie Kataoaka, and John Larson-Friend—reads as follows: During COVID-19 Re-allocating space on streets to accommodate new uses—particularly for walking, biking, and being—is no...