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Alan Durning on the “Ruinous, Vicious Circle” of Underpriced Parking

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 18, 2013 | No Comments

Many people have been inspired by UCLA Professor Donald Shoup’s epic takedown of American parking policy, but few have turned that newfound passion into the kind of scholarship Alan Durning has produced on the issue. The executive director of the Pacific Northwest’s sustainability think tank, Sightline Institute, has now published 12 installments in a series […]

The Livable Streets Leader You’ve Never Heard Of: Leicester, England

By Stephen Miller | Jun 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Leicester is a city of about 330,000 in England’s East Midlands region. Like many other cities, it developed big mid-century plans to drive highways through its city center and paved over much of its historic core. In some cases, it even paved over its history: the bones of King Richard III, killed in battle nearby, […]

How Better Traffic Models Can Lead to More Mixed-Use Development

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 4, 2013 | No Comments

Here’s another obscure but significant obstacle to building walkable places in America: the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ shoddy traffic generation models for mixed-use development. The model used by traffic engineers around the country to measure “trip generation” at new developments consistently overestimates the amount of motor vehicle traffic produced by mixed-use projects, according to the […]

Attacking the Language Bias in Transportation Engineering

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 3, 2013 | No Comments

“Improvement.” “Upgrade.” “Level of Service.” The traffic engineering profession is full of buzzwords laden with meaning — and, for the most part, the embedded meaning is something to the effect of “cars are king.” Ian Lockwood, P.E., has been working in the engineering profession for 30 years. He served as the chief transportation official for […]

Q&A with Elly Blue, Feminist Bike Activist and Independent Media Titan

By Tanya Snyder | May 24, 2013 | No Comments

Elly Blue’s latest publication, “Bikes in Space,” is a feminist sci-fi zine about her favorite mode of transportation. “I realized that because I work for myself, I can do anything I want,” she says by way of explanation. The amazing truth is that she makes a living writing whatever strikes her fancy about the intersection […]

William Fulton on Why Smart Growth Pays and Sprawl Decays

By Angie Schmitt | May 23, 2013 | No Comments

Earlier this week, Smart Growth America released an important study that illustrates how walkable development results in huge savings and significantly better returns for municipalities compared to car-centric development. The analysis of 17 case studies found that walkable, mixed-use development produces 10 times more local tax revenue per acre than sprawl. In addition, SGA found […]

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