Free Web Site - Free Web Space and Site Hosting - Web Hosting - Internet Store and Ecommerce Solution Provider - High Speed Internet
Search the Web

The Urban Fabric

The urban fabric is the physical form of towns and cities. In walkable communities, the urban fabric encourages walking as the primary mode of transportation by ensuring that most people's needs are within walking distance, and providing an environment which is safe and pleasant for pedestrians. Walkable communities are only technically and economically feasible when an infrastructure of quality transit services is provided. With good planning, transit infrastructure can be well integrated with the urban fabric. Cars are accommodated in most walkable communities, but not to the extent that they jeapordize the goals of walkability. These goals apply to any size of settlement; walkable small towns share many characteristics with large walkable cities.

	DENSITY & MIXED USE		PUBLIC SPACES
	DOWNTOWNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS		STREETS
	BUILDING TYPES		GREENERY
	SAFETY		PARKING