![youngmanhattanite:
capitalnewyork:
Meet Jan Gehl, who for several years has been quietly, if not slowly, guiding the remaking of New York.
Remember all that business about biking in New York? Well, YM walks. This is a walking town.
“Walking is life itself,” he said. Gehl believes if a city addresses walking, “everything else will follow.” Fewer cars provide better walking and, he said, “the level of traffic [in a city] is arbitrary.” In other words, more room for cars means more cars, and less room means fewer cars. In Seoul, Korea, the city ripped down a highway that had covered a river, built a park, and did nothing to compensate for the loss of the roadway. “The traffic found other things to do,” Gehl said.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8wpugMYSZ1qc0o3ko1_500.jpg)
Meet Jan Gehl, who for several years has been quietly, if not slowly, guiding the remaking of New York.
Remember all that business about biking in New York? Well, YM walks. This is a walking town.
“Walking is life itself,” he said. Gehl believes if a city addresses walking, “everything else will follow.” Fewer cars provide better walking and, he said, “the level of traffic [in a city] is arbitrary.” In other words, more room for cars means more cars, and less room means fewer cars. In Seoul, Korea, the city ripped down a highway that had covered a river, built a park, and did nothing to compensate for the loss of the roadway. “The traffic found other things to do,” Gehl said.
