In a Society becoming steadily more privatized with private homes, cars, computers, offices and shopping centers, the public component of our lives i…

- Jan Gehl

Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healt…

- Jan Gehl

If you make more roads, you will have more traffic.

- Jan Gehl

Something happens because something happens because something happens

- Jan Gehl

A good city is like a good party. People don't want to leave early.

- Jan Gehl

Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it.

- Jan Gehl

An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city.

- Jan Gehl

Make it nice where you are, and put the density on top.

- Jan Gehl

I find it striking that the quality of the urban habitat of homo sapieans is so weakly researched compared to the habitats of gorillas, elephants, an…

- Jan Gehl