http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "cities of short distances" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:08:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14247#post-178313 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:45:44 +0000 chdot 178313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Read that in an <em>entertaining</em> piece (6 years old) by Malcolm Fraser</p> <p>"</p> <p>the positives of what Leon Krier calls “the city of short distances” – shops, transport etc nearby – are usually paid only lip-service (or actively attacked – witness the closure of Post Offices), for the real agenda is “what a city looks like”, not how we live in it.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.malcolmfraser.co.uk/mura/malcolmfraser/assets/File/Prospect_Edinburgh_Change%20%2872kb%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.malcolmfraser.co.uk/mura/malcolmfraser/assets/File/Prospect_Edinburgh_Change%20%2872kb%29.pdf</a></p> <p>Also</p> <p>"</p> <p>Trips in ‘cities of short distances’ (100–200 people per hectare, mixed land-use and walking times of around 30 minutes to everyday destinations) can be switched to non-motorised modes. Such cities (or regional centres in polycentric cities) are typically 5 km in diameter. Modal shift is more likely to occur where well-designed and attractive infrastructure is provided for pedestrians and cyclists.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scp-knowledge.eu/sites/default/files/Field%202011%20Sustainable%20spatial%20planning%20of%20facilities%20at%20the%20local%20and%20regional%20levels.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.scp-knowledge.eu/sites/default/files/Field%202011%20Sustainable%20spatial%20planning%20of%20facilities%20at%20the%20local%20and%20regional%20levels.pdf</a></p> <p>More examples -</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=</a>"cities+of+short+distances" </p>