Urban Planning Quotes

“When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.”

“The best planning is not master planning, it is process planning.”

“A healthy city is a place where people can live, work, and play in a way that is good for their physical, mental, and social well-being.”

“The parks are the soul of the city.”

“You can't be a great city without a great public transportation system.”

“Sprawl is not a victimless crime.”

“We cannot build our way out of congestion. We have to grow smarter.”

“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.”

“This freeway is framed in garbage.”

“The main object and justification of the park is simply to produce a certain influence in the minds of people and through this to make life in the city healthier and happier.”

“Why isn't it possible to build a city that is not just a place to work, but a place to live, to grow, to play?”

“A city should be a place where it is easy to be a human being.”

“The ultimate purpose of the city is to provide a creative environment for its people.”

“What we need is a new kind of city, a city of heart.”

“My own view is that the present system of charging for use of the public streets is a scandal.”

“Congestion is a form of pollution.”

“The problem of financing the modern city is a problem of getting the prices right.”

“We can't just pave our way out of this problem.”