Does Your Neighbourhood Pass 'Trick-Or-Treat' Test?
Brent Toderian
|
Posted 12.25.2012
|
Canada British Columbia
Read More:
Walkable Communities,
Halloween,
Halloween Tips,
Vancouver,
Door to Door Trick or Treating,
Urban Planning,
Trick or Treat Test,
Halloween Neighbourhood,
Urban Design,
Slideexpand,
Halloween Tradition,
Walkable Neighbourhoods,
Neighbourhood Trick or Treating,
Canada British Columbia News
On top of loving to dress up each year, Halloween is my favourite holiday because it's the most dependent on how we design and build our communities. In city planning and design, there's an old saying about the "Trick-or-Treat Test." It's often brought up in the context in suburban home design: Can kids easily find the front door to your house, or must they poke behind the huge multi-car garage, past the parking asphalt, to ring your bell?
