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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 9:38am
The cost of auto orientation

At its nastiest and most decrepit, the old and blighted traditional commercial block still outperforms the new, auto-oriented development by 41 percent.

3 Jan 3 2012 9:55am
The coming housing calamity

The great senior sell-off, rising household sizes, dropping homeownership, tighter lending standards, and other reasons why the next decade will be a disaster for homebuilders

9 Apr 28 2011 6:56am
Location efficiency lowers mortgage defaults, researchers find

Mortgages are more likely to default as household car ownership rises and as Walk Score declines.

Dec 13 2010 10:05am
Best bet for tax revenue: mixed-use downtown development

Studies in Florida and North Carolina show that dense urban development pays off for local governments. Big-box retail doesn’t.

4 Sep 13 2010 4:41pm
Village-style development pays, according to study

Sarasota 2050 Plan, a ground-breaking regional analysis, calls for infill redevelopment, new villages, and open space preservation. Amajor regional plan nearing completion in Sarasota County, Florida, makes a fiscal case for the New Urbanism.

Dec 1 2001 12:00am