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AZ DOT: Dense urbanism cuts traffic congestion

Compact, mixed-use development reduces automobile use and disperses traffic, according to a study of the Phoenix area.

May 21 2012 1:12pm
Study: Car-sharing squeezes carbon emissions

Car-sharers could reach, under the most optimistic scenario, 20.3 million people, according to a RAND Corporation study.

May 17 2012 11:41am
A Golden opportunity

Market trends in California support compact, mixed-use neighborhoods — and such neighborhoods would help the state to meet greenhouse-reduction targets.

7 May 1 2012 10:22am
Limiting density hurts low-income education

A Brookings study makes the case that zoning restrictions are to blame for housing price inequality and lower test scores of low-income students.

7 Apr 25 2012 10:07am
Earth Day: Don't forget about cities and towns

The compact, mixed-use neighborhood, town, or city is one of the most effective technologies for reducing the the ecological footprint of humans.

1 Apr 22 2012 10:24am
Forgive and forget

STROADS are dangerous for the elderly because they combine the fast moving traffic of a road with the intersections and complexity of a street.

Mar 5 2012 11:03am
Chasing the wrong story

The Atlantic Cities’ investigation of whether light-rail lines reduce road congestion leads us in the wrong direction.

6 Mar 1 2012 11:20pm
The cost of urban freeways

Steve Mouzon of Original Green posted an illuminating blog on the destruction of real estate values adjacent to urban limited-access highways.

7 Feb 28 2012 11:02am
The DNA of place and the ROI of movement

Cycling and walking investments return up to $11.80 for every $1 invested — why aren't we jumping at that kind of value for transportation expenditures?

2 Jan 27 2012 10:38am
Why cities are unaffordable

Cities and towns would do better to focus on more effective regulations and find ways to make them as streamlined as possible.

6 Jan 24 2012 4:36pm