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Many cities in this area do have the core of walkable infrastructure in them and just require a bit of change to make them better. There is an entire sub-genre of urban development books related to the very concept of turning sprawl into dense walkable neighborhoods (e.g. Sprawl Repair Manual, Retrofitting Suburbia, Walkable City).
Puget Sound Regional Council takes these kinds of issues into consideration with regional planning. City planners also take these kinds of things into consideration. There is very high interest in building more urban walkable neighborhoods even in suburbs. The problem is it takes time and money for cities to implement these rules, and construction projects to correct deficiencies, and the building stock to turn over.
Very cool. I've been meaning to make cities using the layouts shown in the Sprawl Repair Manual (http://www.sprawlrepair.com/ and http://www.amazon.com/Sprawl-Repair-Manual-Galina-Tachieva/dp/1597267325) -- you should check it out when you get a chance.
Absolutely, yes. :)
Have you seen the Sprawl Repair Manual? It's a book that outlines an interesting US-originated approach to fixing some of this mess (and thus seems to be like it would apply better here to our existing land-use than any European guide).
I often wonder (as I sit annoyed at one red light after another on Merivale) what it would take to convert the whole length to a UK-style dual-carriageway with roundabouts at the major intersections and all left-turns removed in between. You want to turn left? Go to the next roundabout, loop around, and come back on the other side of the median. This won't help the walkability much, mind you, only the driveability, but I think that the walkability of Merivale is a completely lost cause anyway. Adding segregated cycle tracks could improve the two-wheeled experience, too. Imagine Merivale without a single light from Baseline to Hunt Club: it could not possibly be worse! :)
Actually, for a local example of getting it right, check out Blvd des Allumettières in Gatineau: a dual-carriageway with roundabouts keeps the through flow-rate high, and that means that the road can be narrower as there's no need to store loads of stationary vehicles at each intersection. This also makes it friendlier to cross as a pedestrian. They've also got a segregated cycle track running parallel but at some distance to the road: nicely done.
Sprawl Repair Manual by Galina Tachieva should be added to the top list. It gives some great examples of how to use planning to update poorly planned areas.
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I won't, but I will give you several sites and subreddits you should check out.
/r/urbanplanning
/r/urbandesign
/r/urbantransport
/r/highspeedrail
/r/transit
Congress for the New Urbanism
Congress for the New Urbanism's YouTube Channel
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (planning firm)
Smart Growth Online
NewUrbanism.org
Strong Towns YouTube Channel
Notre Dame School of Architecture YouTube Channel
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Here are also some good book recommendations (links to Amazon pages), many you could probably find at a local library:
A Better Place to Live: Reshaping the American Suburb by Philip Langdon
The Architecture of Community by Leon Krier
Architecture: Choice or Fate by Leon Krier
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch
The Smart Growth Manual by Andres Duany and Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon
Sprawl Repair Manual by Galina Tachieva
Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany
History of Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolutions by A.E.J. Morris
The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary by Dhiru A. Thadani