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History of Public Space and Street Design

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History of Public Space and Street Design

Understanding the history of how public spaces and streets became what they are today can help inform solutions for safer, more equitable, and enjoyable spaces in the future.

  • The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking”
  • A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers
  • Segregated By Design
  • White Flight and Segregation
  • A traffic manual ‘to fall asleep by’ stirs road rage

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