商品簡介
An empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating and redesigning our cities, from a pioneer in the movement for safer, more livable streets.
As NYC’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, it also lessened congestion and increased foot traffic that 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, too, 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.
作者簡介
Internationally recognized for her expertise in transportation issues, public policy development and innovative finance,Janette Sadik-Khan implemented an ambitious program to improve safety, mobility and sustainability throughout NYC, and ensured a state of good repair on the city's roads, sidewalks and bridges. Sadik-Khan oversaw a series of innovative projects, including creating more pedestrian space in Times Square and along Broadway from Columbus Circle to Union Square, the planning and launch of seven Select Bus Service routes and the nation's largest bike share program, the addition of nearly 400 miles of bicycle lanes and the installation and design of more than 60 plazas citywide, and the publication of a Street Design Manual and Street Works Manual, which defined new standards for creating more durable and attractive streets.
Seth Solomonow was the chief media strategist for Janette Sadik-Khan and the New York City Transportation Department under Mayor Bloomberg. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Solomonow worked for The New York Times following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and he is also a former transportation reporter for his hometown newspaper, the Staten Island Advance. He currently works at Bloomberg Associates.
