Infrastructure was supposed to serve us. Now we serve it.
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Cities are filled with talent, ideas, and hardworking people. We just need to provide them with the platform to be productive.
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Can a suburban “downtown” built from the ground up for over $150 million succeed?
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Leaders in Shreveport, Louisiana want to construct a new highway right through the heart of their city. And the economic arguments they're using to justify it are completely bogus.
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I don't need to be an expert to tell you that our streets are not bike-friendly.
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It’s pretty easy to destroy a walkable place. We’ve been doing it for so long.
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Many people would have us believe that America is failing to invest in its infrastructure. If only it were that simple.
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Should cities invest in big projects in the hopes of increasing tourism, or invest in the people that have already taken a risk by moving back into their long-dormant downtowns?
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A federal infrastructure bill is going to make your city poorer in the long run. Here's why.
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Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.
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We must build places that enable us to see the lives of others with knowledge, love, and compassion. This means getting our hands dirty in the soil of our community.
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We figured out how to live in an exciting kid-friendly city on the cheap.
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I encourage you all to stop using the word "sprawl." It doesn't accurately describe the problem, it prevents us from getting to real responses and it unnecessarily divides the national dialog in ways that are unhelpful.
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We produced over 100 podcasts in 2016. Here's our 7 best podcasts from the year.
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Scale our economy to those working at the ground level and we will see a true prosperity emerge from the fear and acrimony that is our national dialog.
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Do car drivers have to pull up to each intersection, lean out their window and push a button in order to get a green light? No.
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If the global economy is like a hot air balloon, we're only given the option to continually go higher -- despite the risk -- or cut all the air and crash. Those options aren't good enough.
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What will happen to homeowner's associations in an America with increasing suburban poverty? It will be messy.
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Building after massive building now
Can we have cities that work with economics that don't?
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