As a Dutch guy, i would say NICE!!! 😁.. Everything close by, like grocery stores, dentist, perhaps a church for those with faith and schools and other local amenities close at your fingertips reachable by walking and cycling.. Of course in The Netherlands we've been doing this for decades, and its quite a pleasant sight to be seen to see in some American cities. Although the adoption of this kind of planning on a nationwide scale is a long way.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, precisely correct, and adoption on a larger scale is made a little more possible with each new, successful development such as the Wheeler District. Cities will benefit if the walkable and bike-friendly option is an actual choice. Thanks for watching and the comments. Cheers! John

Holy cow what a community! The private streets did make me a little suspicious but hopefully those will smoothly move over to public roads soon

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's got real potential. I suspect they will transition the streets over time. As Victor mentioned it just takes Fire and EMS a little while to settle the irrational fears of the City authorities. Thanks so much for watching and chiming in. Cheers! John

Love the wheeler concept! Hoping they add more restaurants/cafes/food trucks

@ActiveTowns

Жыл бұрын

Yes! What they have is appreciated but more is certainly needed. 😀

13:31 They should consider changing the walls around that playground (on future playgrounds). Having it just be a concrete wall like that removes the ability for parents to sit down and still be able to keep an eye out on their kids, especially if they are smaller. By having the concrete wall like that they are forcing parents to have to stand next to the wall, like that gentleman is in order to be able to watch their kids. Use some sort of fencing or add slits/holes into the wall so that parents can look through the wall and see their kids. I also don't know how close the road is to that playground, but adding a fence/slits/holes would also avoid having it so that children appear all of a sudden from behind the wall and into the path of cars. So it adds safety for the kids when it comes to that too.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! Hey, sorry for the confusion on yesterday's Premiere. That was 7am Friday NZ time not 7pm Thursday CEST time. hehe :-) I hope you were able to catch the video later. Cheers! John

I like the concept and the colorful buildings. Are they doing the same concept as single-level homes for elderly and handicap?

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! That's a great question. I'll have Victor or a member of his team chime in. Cheers! John

Wonderful to see this happening in a red state that has low population density. There is hope.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see this happening anywhere in car-dependent North America, hehe. But I understand what you mean. The story of OKC's transformation is actually quite legendary now. When the then-mayor Mick Cornett (2005-2018) learned that the city was rated as one of the least walkable in the nation and the residents some of the most obese, he knew things needed to change if they had any hope of being relevant in the future. They have made a lot of progress and have a long way yet to go. Cheers! John

Really skeptical about this kind of community. It's still pretty low-density. Plus, looking at their website, I'm shocked by how expensive these homes are. Doesn't add very many units to the market. Painting some facades in Pride colors only pays lip service to inclusivity when the design of this community maintains the de facto socioeconomic segregation of so many other suburbs. It does seem pretty bikeable, including to Bricktown, so I'll give it that. However, a new SFH still won't as energy efficient as a mid-rise building or many other configurations of multifamily dwellings. I don't know what kind of political climate in which the developer had to operate. Maybe they would have loved more units, but OKC's zoning and approval process was what it was. The guide did mention concessions they had to make on the roads. In either case, this should still be considered a half step at best toward any kind of meaningful urbanization.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and contributing to the conversation. Yes, the reality is that, left to "normal" market forces this parcel would have probably been developed as an exclusive resort property for a handful of home owners and no public access. This half step is certainly a massive step in the right direction given the context. Cheers! John

private streets? yikes..

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, but I suspect they (the city) will eventually take ownership as they become used to the "narrowness" of the design. Thanks for watching. Cheers! John

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Good point. Everything, including the parks, as Victor noted is open and welcoming to the public. Thanks for watching, John. Cheers! :-)

New urbanism? They ditched the new and go back to how it was in the past. Playground with rubber tiles works better. That is what is used a lot out here.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. New Urbanism literally means going back in time to the way we used to build towns and villages. Thanks so much for watching. Cheers! John

@emiel1976ep

2 жыл бұрын

@@ActiveTowns This was a nice viedeo. They really change to everything. I think it will be very popular to live.

@ActiveTowns

2 жыл бұрын

From what I can tell, I think you are right.

@billsmith5109

2 жыл бұрын

Do rubber tiles, or ground up tires give off 6PPD-quinone? The team that discovered this chemical were looking for unknown cause of death in coho salmon in urban streams. They found this toxin is given off by tires. Until someone finds out whether children pick up this toxin I’d be concerned with new purchases of rubber playground or athletic field rubber that contains 6PPD, which reacts to produce the above chemical. There may be no problem. I just think it’s worth knowing.