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Toronto’s Walkability, Analyzed and Illustrated
The new wealth of finely-grained information on cities -- culled from Google Maps, open government data, and other sources -- continues to deepen our understanding of the places where we live at a breathtaking pace.
April 17, 2013
Real Affordable Housing Begins With Creating More Housing
In theory, everyone supports the idea of affordable housing.
April 16, 2013
The Final Act for Portland’s $3 Billion CRC Highway Boondoggle?
The Columbia River Crossing proposed for suburban Portland is one of those highway boondoggle projects that's so enormous it develops its own gravitational field, and that makes it very hard to stop.
April 15, 2013
Walk Score Introduces “ChoiceMaps” to Measure Neighborhood Amenities
Quick, what's the neighborhood with the most going on in Seattle? No need to ask a local. WalkScore has introduced ChoiceMaps, a new tool to help people find which parts of a city have the greatest "depth of choice" in terms of amenities like grocery stores.
April 12, 2013
Can Richmond Transition to a Multi-Modal City?
There's a whole lot of potential in Richmond, Virginia. This smaller southern city has many of the right ingredients for a walkable, bike-friendly city, says Dan Malouff at Beyond DC:
April 11, 2013
In Wisconsin: Driving Stagnates, Highway Spending Accelerates
Young people are driving less. Baby boomers are driving less. Americans in general are driving less.
April 10, 2013
After Punting on Transit, Indiana Senate Mulls New Highway to Nowhere
Does metro Indianapolis need a $1.5 billion second outerbelt? Not if you think highways-to-nowhere are a bad way to spend money. But that didn't stop a group of state lawmakers from trotting out the idea recently.
April 9, 2013
How Walkable Is Your State DOT’s Headquarters?
Does your state Department of Transportation dismiss every mode except driving as "unserious" forms of transportation?
April 8, 2013
The Value of “Good Enough Urbanism”
In the urbanist blogosphere, there's a lot of discussion about "getting density right" -- the art and science of designing good urban space and codifying those qualities in zoning.
April 5, 2013
Why Are State Senators Holding Up Indianapolis’s Transit Plans?
In Indianapolis, like many American regions, some important changes to transportation policy are off-limits without approval from the state government. In the case of a proposed transit funding package that would raise revenue through a 0.3 percent income tax levy, that means a bill needs to get through the statehouse before the people of Indianapolis can even vote on whether they want to expand the bus and rail network.
April 4, 2013