Saturday, August 30, 2014

How much vehicle traffic should a main street have?

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Westmoreland district, Portland. Image: Ashley Brandt Picture a vibrant neighborhood business district in an American city – one that’s...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Suburban active mode share: Let's kick it up a notch

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We planners get excited about mode share – the proportion of trips taken by different modes of  transportation such as driving, transi...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

When backage becomes frontage and frontage backage

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One suburban design flaw discussed far less often than the cul-de-sac or the strip mall is the “backage” road – a road that provides vehic...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Why I'm canceling my subscription to The Oregonian tomorrow

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The Oregonian newspaper is discontinuing daily delivery starting on Tuesday. Home subscribers will subsequently get three and a half newspa...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Connectivity barriers: When is it worth breaking them?

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Portland's Reedway Street at the Union Pacific railroad. Try crossing this! Actually, don't. Image: author. Why did the chicke...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

The South Could Learn From The South

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When one thinks of innovative, sustainable urban planning, the American South doesn’t come to mind. As the story goes, the South’s most sig...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Attack of the house clones!

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In the spirit of Halloween, I’ll tell you what spooks me. It’s not ghosts, ghouls, goblins, the Frankenstorm, or the prospect of a Romney...
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