Audio: Less cars = more friends

By AG STAFF November 7, 2013
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Does less neighbourhood road traffic really mean more friends for residents?


IF THERE ARE LESS
cars on the road in a neighbourhood, you’ll have more friends. Don Applegate, an American planning scholar, put forward this theory in 1982 in his book Livable Streets.

Click here to listen to AG editor Ian Connellan discuss the theory in regards to Australian neighbourhood planning.

Listen to 2UE’s Weekends with George and Paul every Saturday at 11:50am to hear a regular segment from Australian Geographic. To read more on town planning in Australia, keep your eye out for the next issue of Australian Geographic.

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