Charles Marohn wrote:
Choosing a design speed is, by its nature, an application of core values. When we pick a speed, we are selecting among different, competing priorities. Is it more important that peak traffic move quickly or is it more important to maximize the development potential of the street? Do we compromise the safet...
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ichael Podgers wrote:
We envision a boulevard that runs along the western edge of the parkland instead of through the green space. We want a multimodal road (again, not a highway) with mixed-traffic lanes reduced from the current eight to two in each direction. We want to see gold standard Bus Rapid Transit built tha...
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Daniel Herriges wrote:
Examine building permits issued in Portland, Oregon, over the last three years and you'll notice something strange: the city seems to be acquiring a bunch of new 19-unit apartment buildings. Not 15. Not 25. Not 20. Specifically 19.
Why 19? The answer is no mystery to planners and housing advocates in th...
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Strong Towns wrote:
The traditional development pattern of towns and cities evolved with humans, the same way ant hills evolved with the ant and bee hives evolved with the bee. Yet around the time of the Great Depression, North Americans began jettisoning millennia of accumulated wisdom about city-building in favor of a suburban development patter...
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