4 ways to make a city more walkable

Watch and share today’s TED Talk. [View it in your browser](. [TED]( February 9, 2017 Today’s TED Talk 4 ways to make a city more walkable 18:37 minutes · TEDxMidAtlantic Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling cities of six-lane highways and 600-foot blocks into safe, walkable oases full of bike lanes and tree-lined streets. [Watch now »]( Playlist of the Day [Our future in cities]( Our future in cities Humanity's future is the future of cities. Explore the crowded favelas, greened-up blocks and futuristic districts that could shape the future of cities -- and take a profane, hilarious side trip to the suburbs. [Watch »]( 16 talks · Total run time 4:05:13 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM A peek into the brave new world of programmable materials A flat piece of plastic that can shape itself into a shoe? An orthodontic device that moves into position to straighten teeth? Computational architect Skylar Tibbits is shaking up the material world. [Read more »]( [Facebook] Join us on [Facebook]( [Twitter] Follow us [@TEDTalks]( You are receiving this email because you've subscribed to our mailing list. You might also like our [weekly emails]( compiling all the week’s TED Talks in one handy mailing. Copyright © 2017 TED, All rights reserved. You're receiving the TED Talks daily email because you subscribed to it on TED.com. (Was this forwarded by a friend? You can sign up here: ) Our mailing address is: TED 330 Hudson Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10013 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( [view email in browser](