Build Compact and Connected Cities

Barcelona and Atlanta provide a striking comparison. Both have similarly sized populations but very different densities and dominant transport modes. The majority of Atlanta’s residents drive private cars, whereas Barcelona residents primarily take mass transit and walk. In part as a result, Atlanta has 18 times more traffic fatalities on average every year.

 

Why? For every 1 percent change toward a more compact and connected urban form, all-mode traffic fatality rates fall by 1.5 percent, and pedestrian fatality rates decrease by 1.5-3.6 percent.

Whole CityFix Document by WRI