Like a modern-day Jane Jacobs, Janette Sadik-Khan transformed New
York City's streets to make room for pedestrians, bikers, buses,
and green spaces. Describing the battles she fought to enact
change, Streetfight imparts wisdom and practical advice that other
cities can follow to make their own streets safer and more vibrant.
As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan
managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one
of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe
for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and
effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a
plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also
lessened congestion and increased foot traffic, which improved the
bottom line of businesses. Real-life experience confirmed that if
you know how to read the street, you can make it function better by
not totally reconstructing it but by reallocating the space that's
already there. Breaking the street into its component parts,
Streetfight demonstrates, with step-by-step visuals, how to rewrite
the underlying "source code" of a street, with pointers on how to
add protected bike paths, improve crosswalk space, and provide
visual cues to reduce speeding. Achieving such a radical overhaul
wasn't easy, and Streetfight pulls back the curtain on the battles
Sadik-Khan won to make her approach work. She includes examples of
how this new way to read the streets has already made its way
around the world, from pocket parks in Mexico City and Los Angeles
to more pedestrian-friendly streets in Auckland and Buenos Aires,
and innovative bike-lane designs and plazas in Austin,
Indianapolis, and San Francisco. Many are inspired by the changes
taking place in New York City and are based on the same techniques.
Streetfight deconstructs, reassembles, and reinvents the street,
inviting readers to see it in ways they never imagined.
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