Michel Durand-Wood takes us on a hilarious walk through the stages of grief as he puts a financial spike in the heart of his beloved city’s unsustainable 2050 Master Plan.
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How we embrace socialism for car storage in the public right of way.
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For significant populations of people in the U.S., the requirement to drive is a major barrier to participating in city life.
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A recent Vice article seems to suggest that most Americans don’t want more walkable places. Here’s why that takeaway is totally wrong.
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Our walk together continues on Fairfax Boulevard, where we encounter a much different (i.e., less friendly) pedestrian experience.
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Let’s take a walk together down two different streets, and observe what car-oriented places are like from the viewpoint of a pedestrian.
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Advocates say promoting EVs is a key step toward addressing climate change. But what if it’s actually a distraction from an underlying issue: the suburban development pattern?
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What could it look like to have a USDOT committed to reversing course from the mistakes of the freeway era?
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Not only did car culture change how we build cities, it changed how (and how often) we encounter other people.
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Don't let your city's leaders backtrack on good urban design practice because of the pandemic.
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Getting yourself from Point A to Point B in your city shouldn’t require 100-square-feet of space.
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Can we break free of our car addiction? It may be possible, but it won’t be easy…or fast.
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A new study shows that car-dependent cities have fewer independent restaurants. This not only makes our places weaker, it makes them less interesting too.
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Copenhagen’s famous biking culture—over 3 out of every 5 commutes are by bike—is lauded internationally as an achievement for the environment, public health, and—we’d add—fiscal sustainability alike. But they didn’t get there just by building bike lanes.
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How much of car culture is attributable to the early designers and marketers who figured out how to make cars stylish and beautiful? A new book profiles GM’s Harley Earl, one of the forerunners of America’s automotive obsession.
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