Human City

Today our guest is Jeff Speck, a Urban Designer, City Planner, author of Walkable City, and TED Speaker. Jeff has been in the urban design field for decades, and his extensive resume includes 10 years at DPZ (Duany Plater-Zyberk), former Director of Design for the National Endowment for the Arts, Author of multiple books, TED Speaker, and a graduate + lecturer at Harvard. He is currently leading Speck & Associates where he provides Walkability Studies and urban designing for cities all over the country. He also has a new book coming out: Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places, check it out! Jeff crafts an argument on improving our cities through walkability, and rethinking our many design problems through many outlets - We hope it inspires you as it did us, enjoy! Links: Speck & Associates Walkable City Rules Walkable City TED Talk Suburban Nation Book Mayors' Institute on City Design Governers's Institute on Community Design Happy City Book Feedback? We would absolutely love to talk