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There is nothing wrong with friendly competition. I laughed when I saw this image and read this article on Streetsblog. But the truth of the matter is that this makes a lot of sense. I’m talking about transportation investment in cities. It’s been clear for some time now that the suburban experiment is coming to [...] Traffic calmed neighborhood sign (Photo credit: Richard Drdul) I have been involved in the hyperlocal website Everyblock and I have seemed to make quite a stir in the thread about things you would change in the neighborhood. It turns out that my neighbors (virtual, maybe literal) don’t like many of the speed bumps, stop signs, and [...] So I will admit: I am out of my league when it comes to municipal finance. As a transportation planner for a major transit agency in Chicago, I am not expected to know much about municipal finance in my professional line of work. But I do know a bit about Strong Towns. And after recently [...] Sarasota, FL skyline. Source: Patrick Braga via Wikimedia Commons I’ve spent the better part of last week in Sarasota, Florida, on Lido Key with my family to attend a wedding for my sister-in-law. Much has been written about sprawl throughout Florida or the housing crisis. What interested me was the urbanism I had found [...]
Source: Jalopnik.com Much has been said about the parking meter fiasco and how badly Chicago has been burned. I don’t have any more to add. Rather, I’d like to focus on missed opportunities in parking technology – opportunities at the meter that support urbanism and can generate real revenues for the city. Principally, [...] The Chicago Department of Transportation just released its Chicago Forward Action Agenda, which is the department’s strategic plan. You can read a good summary of it over at Grid Chicago and the full plan is available here. The plan has six elements. Here is my immediate reaction to the plan. Safety Eliminate all pedestrian, bicycle and [...] I’d like to add a little more to the comments I posted on Grid Chicago regarding the speed cameras ordinance passed by the City of Chicago earlier this week. As usual, the guys at Grid Chicago did an excellent job of reporting on the legislation and what it will (or won’t) do and I don’t [...] Wiltshire Blvd., LA. Source: Wikimedia Commons About 10 days ago the New York Times ran a fascinating Room for Debate topic asking: Should Los Angeles New Yorkify? I think this is a fascinating debate and it is very prescient considering that the American Planning Association is hosting their annual conference in LA this week. Unfortunately [...] Flooded I-10/I-610 interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Building off of my previous post on suburban poverty, I briefly touched on the aspect of infrastructure. I mentioned that municipalities and transit agencies (really all government agencies) will be hard pressed to keep up their existing infrastructure, [...] Suburban development in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Veering off a little from previous topics, I’d like to discuss the issue of suburban poverty, which has been in the news lately, and what it means for metropolitan regions and transit service providers. The impact of the Great Recession will be felt for decades [...] |
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