Highway building is a bipartisan obsession. In fact, amid all the partisan rancor and cultural division that defines modern political discourse, the one thing that our national leaders can find consensus on is the funding of new highways and bridges.
6 Rules for Actually Changing People’s Minds
This is a huge topic, one I can’t hope to do justice to in a single essay.
This is a huge topic, one I can’t hope to do justice to in a single essay.
Build Tapestries, Not Just Buildings
Featuring 33 rooms, two dining options, a rooftop lounge and a stately library with thousands of books, it’s a genuine effort to provide an elevated lodging experience that highlights Waco’s history.
Featuring 33 rooms, two dining options, a rooftop lounge and a stately library with thousands of books, it’s a genuine effort to provide an elevated lodging experience that highlights Waco’s history.
Make Safe Streets a Culture War and We All Lose
I researched replacement vehicles and was pondering another Echo.
I researched replacement vehicles and was pondering another Echo.
New Florida Development Aims to Give Rent-Burdened Workers a Leg Up
Terms like “rent burdened” and “housing crisis” are accurate as far as they go.
Terms like “rent burdened” and “housing crisis” are accurate as far as they go.
The Best Argument for Parking Mandates (Is Still Wrong)
When I lived in San Francisco, more than a decade ago now, I didn’t own a car. But I did rent one periodically.
When I lived in San Francisco, more than a decade ago now, I didn’t own a car. But I did rent one periodically.
How Transportation Funding Is Used to Manipulate Cities
As a new city council member in Santa Ana, California, she immediately encountered a state highway agency that prioritized arterial highways throughout Orange County over local, multimodal transportation.
As a new city council member in Santa Ana, California, she immediately encountered a state highway agency that prioritized arterial highways throughout Orange County over local, multimodal transportation.
Why Does Someone Need to Die for a Street to Be Made Safer?
When death actually brings about change.
When death actually brings about change.
Today’s Generation of Families Are “Disillusioned” by Suburbia
They’re experiencing the decline of the suburbs, rather than the benefits that were sold to them.
They’re experiencing the decline of the suburbs, rather than the benefits that were sold to them.
Minnesota Introduces First-in-the-Nation Bill to Eliminate Minimum Parking Mandates Statewide
So, why make an exception this time? Simple: because this is a bill that states that no city in Minnesota shall mandate parking requirements.
So, why make an exception this time? Simple: because this is a bill that states that no city in Minnesota shall mandate parking requirements.
No One Should Be the Second Person to Die on a Dangerous Street
There are many contributing factors involved in every crash and over the past year, cities and towns across North America have been exploring these factors through the Crash Analysis Studio.
There are many contributing factors involved in every crash and over the past year, cities and towns across North America have been exploring these factors through the Crash Analysis Studio.
Why Are Cities So Noisy? And Can We Do Anything About It?
If different urban noises rub us all the wrong way in different measures, how do we know what’s just personal peccadillo and what’s actually a problem?
If different urban noises rub us all the wrong way in different measures, how do we know what’s just personal peccadillo and what’s actually a problem?
You Can Help End the Epidemic of Traffic Deaths in Your Community
There is broad consensus that acknowledges that the decisions we are making in the design of our transportation system are killing people.
There is broad consensus that acknowledges that the decisions we are making in the design of our transportation system are killing people.
So, You Want to Plant Some Trees
To many people’s great frustration, planting street trees isn’t as simple as buying a tree and putting in the ground—at least not if it’s going to be planted on public property.
To many people’s great frustration, planting street trees isn’t as simple as buying a tree and putting in the ground—at least not if it’s going to be planted on public property.
This Transit Agency Almost Spent $50 Million on a Parking Garage. Now They’re Looking at Housing Instead.
For a cash-strapped agency that routinely laments its budget and is eyeing a 20% cut in service alongside a fare hike for 2024, the investment was baffling.
For a cash-strapped agency that routinely laments its budget and is eyeing a 20% cut in service alongside a fare hike for 2024, the investment was baffling.
A Home to Grow Old In, and No Way to Leave
No one really wants to think about their world getting smaller.
No one really wants to think about their world getting smaller.















