2008 Program Resources & Materials
Suggested Reading & Browsing
Project for Public Spaces Great Streets - Planning Magazine Dan Burden's Sidewalk Level View of the World - Planning Magazine Osaka, Japan's City Walking Guide WalkScore.com - how walkable is a place?
Benefits Creating Creative Cities Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places - from the Brookings Institute Green Manhattan - article from New Yorker magazine How Portland Does It - from The Atlantic Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities
Policies Economic Benefits of Walkable Communities Economic Development and Smart Growth Case Studies Evaluating California Main Street Programs Turning Around Downtown: 12 Steps to Revitalization
Design Close Encounters with Buildings - co-authored by Jan Gehl Places for People - Gehl Architects Up From the Street - about Auraria What Makes a Place?
Transportation "Complete Streets" article from New Urban News Context Sensitive Solutions - a report from the Institute of Transportation Engineers Eight Myths of Transport Planning Five Rs of Traffic Reduction Road Diets - Fixing the Big Roads Safety Effect of Crosswalk Markings - report from US Department of Transportation Zebra Crosswalk Markings 8 Lessons to Promote Diversity Introduction to Pedestrian Advocacy Ten Essentials of Pedestrian Advocacy Lively, Attractive and Safe Cities - presentation by Jan Gehl Safety Impacts of Road Diets - report from Iowa Department of Transportation
Session Agendas, Speaker Bios
February 19
Gene Commander Tami Door Mayor Hickenlooper Christy Pearson Steve Katich Daniel Betts Sydney Hamilton Jennifer Kaufman
March 4
John Desmond - Downtown Area Plan Anna Jones - Top 10 Trends Peter Park
March 18
Kelly Brough Jerry Glick Tracy Huggins Andre Pettigrew Mike Zoellner
May 20
Dr. Mark Gelernter Sydney Hamilton Jeff Lakey Helen Kuykendall Bill Oberman Don Pesek Vince Porter
June 17
Dick Farley Alexa Braun Kaia Nesbitt Steve Turner
July 15
Laureen Ferris Ellen Ittelson Jeremy Klop
2008 Downtown Denver Leadership Program Participants - (with direct links to email or contact sheet)
Jay Accashian Camp Dresser and McKee
Kathryn Wilson JohnstonWells Public Relations
Paul Wise Gates Corp.
Paul Wisor
Derek Woodbury City of Denver Office of Economic Development
Cleve Wortham FirstBank of Denver
Denise Jendrusch Denver Business Journal
Candice Jones Denver Health
Thank you to our 2008 Program Sponsors!
