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Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
houston sprawl by specialkrb-karen.jpgI recently ran across a terrific post on T. Caine's sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon.read more
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The Interface Effect: Good Urbanism Spreads
Sidewalks-Post.jpgFor those who remember my previous post on Property Value Theory, today I wanted to share a photographic comparison I made between two urban infill projects of similar age here in...
View ArticleParlez Vous Urbanisme? Radio Canada TV reports on subtracting a freeway,...
I had the opportunity to serve as location scout for a smart reporter/photographer team from Montreal as they explored Milwaukee's experience with removing the .8 mile Park East Freeway.read more
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Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer...
emerging trends office vacancy graph.gifLast week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010.read more
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NU principles drive revitalization plans in Rockford, IL
davispark71999.jpgThe Rockford Register Star recently profiled the efforts of Montreal-based planning firread more
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Are The Poor Being Forced Into Suburbia?
I recently read a blog post explaining that smart growth and urban infill are not so smart because it forces poor people into suburbia. The logic behind this claim is, as far as I can tell, as...
View ArticleGreat post on how regulation really is expensive
Those of us who believe in the laws of economics keep trying to explain that land use regulation really does make development (especially infill development) more expensive. A recent blog post by...
View ArticleThe "Chains Are Ruining Our City" Myth
I recently read about a blog complaining that New York was "suburbanizing" due to the "disappearance of small stores and restaurants" and their alleged replacement by national chains.read more
View ArticleHeadlines for the Week ending June 2, 2017
Cities growing more slowly than suburbs for the first time in six yearsThe Washington Post – May 25, 2017 The shift reflects a relatively steeper decline in the growth rate in cities, rather than an...
View ArticleHeadlines: Urban forests and future malls
An Ohio city is turning an unused highway into a pop-up forestSmithsonian, June 12, 2017 Akron, Ohio hopes to fight urban inequality by removing a divisive highway. Other cities across America are...
View ArticlePlacemaking is going places: 20 years of transportation-related award winners
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Charter Awards, which highlight the best in urban design in the United States and around the world, have celebrated good interdisciplinary design since 2001. As...
View ArticleTexas city adopts street grid and code
Bastrop, Texas, adopted new, groundbreaking land-use regulations in November that address flooding and establish a street grid as a framework for growth—one of the first cities in the US to do so since...
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