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Why Aren’t All Neighborhoods ‘Walkable’?

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

English - May 05, 2023 21:30 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
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Is your neighborhood or town walkable? When Reset asked that question on Twitter, most people said yes — with room for improvement. Plus, a recent report shows that the demand for walkable neighborhoods far outstrips the supply. That, combined with today’s housing crisis, emphasizes the need for more mixed-income and well-connected real estate. Reset digs into what makes communities walkable, with Courtney Cobbs, co-founder of Better Streets Chicago, Sam Kling, a fellow and director of global cities research at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Jose Manuel Almanza, director of advocacy and movement building for Equiticity

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Editor: Andrew Meriwether, Meha Ahmad