This is Kyle Shelton, an urbanist based in Houston.

这是凯尔·谢尔顿，休斯顿城市规划师。

What's more, the urbanists and architects believed in rules.

更重要是，城市规划? ? 和建筑师相信各种规则。

In some cities, people are returning to actual downtown shopping districts, as new urbanists always dreamed they would.

城市里，人们回归故态，爱去真正市中心购物区，这可是新生代城市规划家们梦寐以求事。

They've always been a favorite hobbyhorse for urbanists.

它们直是城市规划者最喜欢木马。

Urbanists love Portland because those small blocks make a city more walkable.

都市主义者喜欢波特兰，因为这小街区让城市更适合步行。

There's an urbanist named James Rojas who writes about Latino urbanism.

有位名叫詹姆斯·罗哈斯城市学家，他撰写有关拉丁裔城市主义。

This is the comparison that prominent architect and urbanist, David Green uses to illustrate walkability.

这是著名建筑师和城市规划师 David Green 用来说明步行性比较。

In the 21st century the city has become a source of insights for urbanists and architects elsewhere.

21 世纪，这座城市已成为其他地方城市规划师和建筑师见解来源。

So, over the last decade, urbanists have begun to call into question the old forgiving design philosophy.

因此，过去十年中，城市学家开始质疑旧宽容设计理念。

David Green, our urbanist friend, says his ideal block size, based on his years of experience, is 240 feet by 360 feet.

我们城市学家朋友大卫格林说，根据他多年经验， 他理想街区尺寸是 240 英尺乘 360 英尺。

So, urbanists and safety advocates are trying to get us to think about how we can slow drivers down when we're not on highways.

因此，城市规划师和安全倡导者正试图让我们思考当我们不高速公路上时如何让司机减速。

Planners and urbanists care so much about walkability because walkability is part of what makes an urban space feel like a place, someplace where you want to visit and spend money.

规划师和城市规划师非常关心步行便利性，因为步行便利性是让城市空间感觉像个地方部分，个你想去参观和花钱地方。

Things like putting a parking lot to higher and better use, which my urbanist self really wants to do, like, you know, build a food truck park, logistics hub, maybe even new housing, a farmer's market.

比如把停车场建得更高、更好，这是我这个城市人真正想做，比如，你知道，建个食品卡车公园、物流中心，甚至可能是新住宅、农贸市场。