Tempe was surprisingly ranked one of the most eco-friendly cities in the US, with a car-free new urbanist neighborhood called Culdesac... style architecture, as well as some new urbanist development.
"And downtown had fewer than 2,500 hotel rooms." ... Speck, a world-renowned city planner, authored "Walkable City," once called the "urbanist's bible" by the Wall Street Journal... "Successful transit actually relies on walkability," he said.
Wesolowski founded the ChattanoogaUrbanistSociety, an advocacy group known for installing benches at bus stops around the city, and produces social media videos about pedestrian safety, urban design and infrastructure as "The Happy Urbanist." ... ....
Spokane is "jumping ahead of us, it's a sharp contrast," says Ron Davis, an urbanist advocate in Seattle... He's been a big booster of Spokane's housing success and has sung the city's praises on a number of urbanist blogs and podcasts.
Re “Urbanist’s dreams foiled by big-city governments” (Sept. 8)..In California, labor unions, specifically the public sector, donate abundant amounts of money to legislators who in turn deliver the legislation they desire ... — Ron Garber, Duarte ... 8). ... 8)..
By all means, developers should be free to build whatever the market demands – including characterless multi-family box housing ... Even urbanists should recognize that waiting 10 years for a sidewalk repair only makes their cause more daunting ... .
Chris Riley, a champion of Austin's urbanist movement, discusses his legacy and Austin's changes ... During his tenure, Riley advocated for urbanist policies to make downtown living more attractive, especially for people walking or cycling.
Cities are facing tremendous challenges in the post-pandemic world. In spite of those, here's why author, historian and futurist Richard Florida is as optimistic as ever about American cities, especially Nashville... .
Cities are facing tremendous challenges in the post-pandemic world. In spite of those, here's why author, historian and futurist Richard Florida is as optimistic as ever about American cities... .