"But small-scaled urban spaces and a culture of walking and transit use also foster safety and, perhaps just as important, the perception of safety." I thought

"But small-scaled urban spaces and a culture of walking and transit use also foster safety and, perhaps just as important, the perception of safety." I thought of this while I was watching the video. Japanese suburban fabric is much more compact, fine grain, mixed-use and more spatially coherent than North American equivelents. These contribute to the'eyes on a street'[1] condition in which neighborhood stores and residences look out onto public streets and reinforce communal saftey. The cul-de-sacs and degenerate grids of North American suburbs not only make walking incredibly inefficient[2], but also increase the isolation and community-orientation of the streets. [1] Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities [2] http://urbankchoze.blogspot.ca/2014/10/bad-habits-of-north-american-cities_9.html http://urbankchoze.blogspot.ca/2014/10/bad-habits-of-north-a...