From the monthly archives: February 2010

Transit-Oriented Development Video

By On February 23, 2010 · 3 Comments

Nice video here at treehugger.com about Transit-Oriented Development or TOD. It’s a video borrowed from Fast Company magazine, and details a bit of how Portland has become such a landmark for TOD enthusiasts and planners.

For my readers in Kansas City, I think it’s always interesting to think about Portland and compare it to our [...]

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Rebuilding in Haiti

By On February 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

It shouldn’t be any surprise that many very thoughtful people are already working on ideas for how to rebuild amidst the destruction in Haiti. In fact, it’s an urgent need, as so many people are homeless.

This video documents one of what I think is the more interesting approaches being proposed – by Andres Duany [...]

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Let’s better manage our pavement space – for the fun of it

By On February 11, 2010 · 4 Comments

A recurring theme of this blog is that we miss so many opportunities to better utilize excess pavement space that so many of our cities and towns have.

In some cases, that simply means we should reduce or remove travel lanes in favor of more on-street parking, wider sidewalks or better provisions for street trees. [...]

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An Open Letter to President Obama and Congress

By On February 4, 2010 · 2 Comments

While the country staggers towards economic stability, the design professions are feeling their worst economic times since the Great Depression. Depending on the region of the country, the unemployment and underemployment rate for design professionals is anywhere from 20% to 50%. I feel this daily as President of the Kansas City chapter of the American [...]

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