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Indianapolis Parking Minimums Force Walmart to Ask for Less Parking
How do you know your zoning requirements are bad? A good sign is that Walmart has to ask your city for less parking.
March 20, 2013
How the U.S. Tax Code Favors Driving Over Other Modes
If you get to work by transit or bike, you're saving a lot of money on gas, but come tax season, Uncle Sam probably won't be as generous to you as he'll be to car commuters.
March 19, 2013
What’s Killing the Enclosed Mall?
Anyone who values healthy cities may feel a bit of schadenfreude about the decline of the American shopping mall, which is becoming almost as retro as music videos and Orange Julius.
March 18, 2013
Change Culture, Change Streets: An Anthropological View of Bike Advocacy
Adonia Lugo is a co-founder of the Ciudad de Luces/City of Lights bike outreach project in Los Angeles and currently an anthropology doctoral student in Seattle. Today on her blog Urban Adonia, she reflects on the difference between a policy-based approach to bike advocacy, as displayed at the recent National Bike Summit, and her work to transform cultural attitudes about cycling:
March 15, 2013
The Problem With Entertainment Districts
These days, almost every mid-sized city has an entertainment district. Depending on your nature, these are the places you either flock to on Friday and Saturday nights or assiduously avoid. These are also often the best places to get a gyro at 2 a.m.
March 14, 2013
“Urbanism Should Be Second Nature”
What type of place is your city? Can you step out of your home day or night and catch a bus without too much hassle? Can you pick up your favorite sweet treat or a much-needed toilet paper refill with just a short stroll? Perhaps most importantly, can you find a place to live you can afford that puts you within easy access of the aforementioned transit stop and a toilet paper dispensary?
March 13, 2013
One Reason Federal Funding Is So Important to Transit
If you've been looking to Washington for a solution to the nation's transportation funding problems, it looks like you're going to be waiting a while.
March 12, 2013
Memphis Marching Forward on Safe Streets
Something important is happening in Memphis, Tennessee.
March 11, 2013
SimCity 5 Review: “Simulating 1950’s America” in 2013
There's been a lot of buzz in the urban planning community about the highly anticipated release of SimCity 5. The beloved city-building game hadn't seen a new version in more than 10 years. Over that time there's been an explosion in interest in the field of city planning, as well as a tremendous amount of innovation, especially around transportation.
March 8, 2013
The Lifeless Reality of Urban Casinos
Casinos are on the verge of becoming a standard feature of the American city. Perhaps you've heard of Pittsburgh's shiny Rivers Casino or Detroit's bankrupt Greektown Casino.
March 7, 2013