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High-Speed Streets Cause Tragedy in Jacksonville
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 09/16/2013 - 11:37amLast Friday night, a woman and her daughter were struck by a car while crossing the street to attend Yom Kippur services in Jacksonville, Florida. The mother died instantly, the daughter was hospitalized.
HIGHWAYS TO BOULEVARDS BLOG: The Language of Urban Freeways
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Mon, 09/16/2013 - 11:08amThis post is a part of CNU’s Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.
Why does a big re-zoning in a small town in the Columbia Gorge matter?
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:42pm
Lacamas Northshore Development – PlanGreen in the News
September 12, 2013
Exciting New Database
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 9:17amThe Lincoln Institute of Land Policy just came out with a fun new database of fiscal information about cities. A few of the things I learned after playing around in the database for an hour:
Reviewing A Review of "The End of the Suburbs"
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 09/09/2013 - 1:08pmIn the Wall Street Journal, Joel Kotkin pans Leigh Gallagher's "The End of the Suburbs." Generally, I don't consider a fight about whether cities or suburbs are winning the future to be of much interest; in reality, there are growing cities and growing suburbs, just as there are declining cities and declining suburbs. However, Kotkin does raise a number of points which I think are worthy of discussion.
Is Sprawl An Example of Libertarian Paternalism?
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 08/29/2013 - 10:38amOne widely-publicized attempt to find a middle ground between laissez-fair and overregulation is "libertarian paternalism": the idea that (in the words of New York Times columnist David Brooks), "Government doesn’t tell you what to do, but it gently biases the context so that you find it easier to do things" favored by government. For example, a state governnment could design forms making organ donation the "default option" for driver's license applicants, so one would have
New PIRG Study Shows Driving in Decline
Submitted by LeRoy Taylor on Thu, 08/29/2013 - 9:11amRecently, The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) published a report that was the first study to analyze the nation’s changing trends in driving practices. The most striking aspect of this report is that it provides strong evidence to counter the assumption of U.S. government officials that vehicle use will continue on an upward trajectory. Now, U.S. PIRG has expanded on this study by producing a new report, which completes a state-by-state driving analysis.
CITY SPOTLIGHT: Sweden's Trafiklekparken
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Mon, 08/26/2013 - 1:24pmThis post is part of our CITY SPOTLIGHT blog series. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The Cross-Bronx Expressway really hurt (but not in the way you might think)
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 08/25/2013 - 10:15pmA few months ago, I finished reading Robert Caro's The Power Broker, a biography of highway/park-builder Robert Moses. Caro asserts that Moses's Cross-Bronx Expressway ruined Bronx neighborhoods near East Tremont Avenue; many houses and apartments were destroyed to build the expressway, and the negative effects of all that deserted land blighted nearby blocks.
Use Sustainability Standards to Meet Millennials' Needs
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Thu, 08/22/2013 - 6:07pm