Evanston, IL, creates example of dense suburban downtown that depends on walking, bicycling, transit | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development Network

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Goodman traces the ideas upon which Evanston built that "concerted planning" to Jaime Lerner's example in Curitiba. Evanston adopted the Curitiba model, according to Goodman, in response to a decline that began in the 1950s as farther flung suburbs began to rack up successes. "Beginning in 1986, a new plan for Evanston embraced the idea of a '24/7' downtown, pouring resources into increasing the density of its downtown—a density that also meant decreasing residents’ reliance on automobiles. As a compact city, Evanston couldn’t compete with the vast sprawling parking spots of the Old Orchard Mall. It had to build a different sort of appeal," writes Goodman.

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