Over half of Americans have expressed a preference for living in walkable communities, but most will struggle to find what they're looking for. What are the challenges and what can be done?
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The better I understood our racial caste system—and a family member’s key role in shaping it—the more deeply American I felt in a positive sense.
People often use the phrase “quality of life” subjectively. I’d like to use the term to describe something tangible. It’s a definition that places middle-class families in cities.
Maps made 80 years apart reveal how successful 1930s-era policymakers were in setting in motion the downfall of urban life for middle-class families.
The Human Scale
Assess the gap between what municipalities say and do, and quantify walkability to identify impactful investments.
An evidenced-based rationale for human scale development.
A century ago Halifax, NS employed neighborhood design principals worth emulating today.
The Natural World
There’s a persistent gap between climate rhetoric and reality concerning local governments approving horizontal and vertical sprawl at the expense of human-scale development.
Our health and happiness are shaped, in part, by direct, convenient access to nature.
Governance
Berkeley, California is the birthplace of a tool local governments across the country have used for over a century to keep the undesirables at bay.
Zoning isn’t the problem. Single-use zoning is the problem.
If a local government is going to break the rule of perpetual urban sprawl it needs to realize four specific achievements.
Society
Fortune tellers. They size you up, read your body language, make vague, generalized statements,...
What does self-interest entail given what urban sprawl and our unique domestic history?
The better I understood our racial caste system—and a family member’s key role in shaping it—the more deeply American I felt in a positive sense.