The second day of the annual conference of the Michigan Association of Planning involved a great tour, a lot of learning, and some serious head-scratching about how little attention is being paid to topics of decarbonization and climate change.
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If we can get past the fanciful belief that all growth is good growth, we can critically examine the likes of really bad municipal planning in our southern neighbor of Canada.
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The latest insanity out of America’s Largest Strip Mall (a.k.a. Michigan) is the bold declaration of some police agencies in
Read MoreThe Michigan Municipal League thinks that a modern take on pattern zoning might actually help encourage better infill and planned development.
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Nat tours Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Sunset Boulevard, and Griffith Observatory with a native Angeleno, and even manages to eat an obscene amount of chili cheese fries.
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I spoke with Brian Calley on proposals to fix the damn roads– and to understand whether Republicans might consider transit a good complement.
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On a recent trip back to my hometown, I poked around the eastern suburbs, visiting a friend who had just
Read MoreI just wrapped up a few days in Tampa for APTA’s Transit Initiatives workshop. The mini-conference, produced by the DC-based
Read MoreOften, when I get excited about a discussion about sustainable urbanism or green building, the projects in question turn out
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One morning last fall, I found myself standing in the basement of my 1895 home, watching a waterfall cascade off
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