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Wall Street Journal on VMT, Energy, Sprawl
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 3:28pmWall Street Journal transportation columnist Joseph White just wrote an interesting piece on Vehicle Miles Traveled in America.
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The contrarian myth
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 2:52pmFor some reason, defenders of the sprawl status quo are often referred to as "contrarian." For example, if you google "Joel Kotkin" and "contrarian" you get 498 hits.
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Washington Post: The End of Sprawl?
Submitted by crandell on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 11:29amThe Washington Post ran a great piece on Sunday about how rising gas prices will push our country toward more urban development patterns.
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Chesterfield County, Virginia Hopes Roseland Can Curb Sprawl
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 3:43pmAfter years of apathy and exclusion in the planning of developments, a recently elected Board Supervisor in Chesterfield County, VA is pushing for increased community participation while halting exces
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Anthony Flint on Massachusetts' "Fix-It-First" Infrastructure Policy
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 10:27amAnthony Flint, of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, has an interesting < a href="http://anthonyflint.net/blog/">blog worth checking out. He is a former writer for the Boston Globe and author of the book "This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America." In light of the Minnea... read more »
Trailer for "Sprawling from Grace, Driven to Madness"
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:44amCheck out the trailer for a new feature-length documentary film from EMotion Pictures. The film explores the negative impact of sprawl on the nation’s largest cities and the promise of transit-oriented development as an alternative. It includes conversations with Peter Calthorpe, Shelley Poticha, ... read more »
CNU XV Blog, Part 11: China and India
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 3:00pmJohn Ellis spoke this afternoon on sprawl-producing policies in China and India. Like America in 1900, China has historically suffered from overcrowding.
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CNU XV Blog, Part 7: Rybczynski speech
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 7:26amLast night at the plenary session, I listened to Witold Rybczynski's keynote speech, which discussed his new book on real estate development (Last Harvest). A few interesting points:
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CNU XV Blog, Part 4: BosTroit
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 4:33pmAt one of the NextGen small group sessions, I heard a wonderful phrase describing what's going on in Philadelphia and some other cities: "BosTroit"- like Boston downtown (i.e.
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CNU XV Blog, Part 3: Nextgen 4
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 9:50amJust finished seeing most of the morning presentations at CNU Nextgen (by Russell Preston and Faith Cable).
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