1. Walkable
Urbanism
Place
Making:
What
it
Means
to
Oklahoma
h7p://business.gwu.edu/walkup/

3. “See the USA in your Chevrolet”

5. 3rd Version of the American Dream:
Option of Walkable Urban OR Drivable Sub-Urban

14. VMT
Trends
1970-­‐2012
US
PIRG
&
FronLer
Group,
2012
Decline
from
2004
peak
by
6%
on
average;
the
young
(16-­‐34)
declined
by
23%
since
2001

19.
Santa Fe, NM

20. Arlington
Starts
Transforms
in
1980s:
Rail
Transit,
Overlay
Zoning
&
Mgmt
Same
Place
Today
1980s:
Ex-­‐Sears
Stores
Two
blocks
north
and
south,
single
family
housing
that
is
highest
priced
in
Arlington
on
$/foot
basis:
Best
of
Two
Worlds
10%
of
the
land=50%+
of
government
revenues
Among
best
schools
in
Country…new
housing
has
0.4
per
unit

27. Christopher
B.
Leinberger
Land
use
strategist,
developer,
author,
researcher,
professor
(www.cleinberger.com)
• The
Op'on
of
Urbanism;
Inves'ng
in
a
New
American
Dream,
Island
Press,
2008
• The
Next
Slum?,
The
AtlanLc
Monthly,
March,
2008
• Here
Comes
the
Neighborhood,
The
AtlanLc
• “The
Death
of
the
Fringe
Suburbs”,
New
York
Times,
November
26,
2011
• “Now
Coveted,
A
Walkable
Convenient
Place”,
New
York
Times,
May
25,
2012