Laurel Park is located just southeast of and adjacent to downtown Sarasota. The neighborhood is roughly 100 years old.
What Ever Happened to Urban Beauty?
Few things provide a lesson in urban banality like driving from one Texas city to another along Interstate 35.
Few things provide a lesson in urban banality like driving from one Texas city to another along Interstate 35.
Seniors Have Large Suburban Houses to Sell. Does Anyone Want Them?
As part of the largest generation in U.S. history, baby boomers have had an outsized influence in American business, politics, and entertainment.
As part of the largest generation in U.S. history, baby boomers have had an outsized influence in American business, politics, and entertainment.
Nashville an Unlikely Leader in Parking Reform
Nashville, Tennessee, made the news recently for not only abolishing parking minimums within its urban core, but also establishing parking maximums in the same area.
Nashville, Tennessee, made the news recently for not only abolishing parking minimums within its urban core, but also establishing parking maximums in the same area.
Recovering the Lost Art of Mixed-Use Development
The most successful and resilient development patterns include a mix of land “uses”—in other words, it allows residential units, offices, retail, restaurants, and the like to exist in close proximity to each other.
The most successful and resilient development patterns include a mix of land “uses”—in other words, it allows residential units, offices, retail, restaurants, and the like to exist in close proximity to each other.
The Power of Paint in Street Transformation
These proposals are not radical, do not require significant monetary investment, and can be completed with the resources already available in the city.
These proposals are not radical, do not require significant monetary investment, and can be completed with the resources already available in the city.
Not a Stranger, Not a Friend: The Second-Ring Relationships Our Cities Need More Of
No matter where we live, second ring-relationships are there for cultivating. We just have to be brave enough to plant the seeds.
No matter where we live, second ring-relationships are there for cultivating. We just have to be brave enough to plant the seeds.
Introducing a New Standard of Care for Traffic Fatalities
When an automobile crash occurs in the United States, the official reaction includes emergency response personnel, law enforcement, and insurance agencies.
When an automobile crash occurs in the United States, the official reaction includes emergency response personnel, law enforcement, and insurance agencies.
Traffic Engineers Blame You for Their Mistakes
Mississippi streets are among the most dangerous in the U.S., seeing a total of 341 deaths in the first half of this year.
Mississippi streets are among the most dangerous in the U.S., seeing a total of 341 deaths in the first half of this year.
Speed Traps Have No Long-Term Effect on Speeding
No one likes to get a speeding ticket, but police hand out citations thousands of times a day throughout the United States.
No one likes to get a speeding ticket, but police hand out citations thousands of times a day throughout the United States.
Don’t Just Add Trains, Sidewalks, and Bike Lanes to Your City
The resilience and financial solvency of American cities demands more efficient land use and more innovative transit planning.
The resilience and financial solvency of American cities demands more efficient land use and more innovative transit planning.
There’s No Such Thing as Affordable Housing
"Housing is a particularly cruel game of musical chairs, because the way you get a better chair is by being rich."
“Housing is a particularly cruel game of musical chairs, because the way you get a better chair is by being rich.”
Parking Is More Than a Number
Abolishing or reducing parking minimums all at once can be very challenging—instead, you may have to work through a series of smaller steps to advance parking reform in your community.
Abolishing or reducing parking minimums all at once can be very challenging—instead, you may have to work through a series of smaller steps to advance parking reform in your community.
That’s Not an Improvement
How much hubris does it take for someone to label everything that they do professionally as an “improvement”?
How much hubris does it take for someone to label everything that they do professionally as an “improvement”?
Great Wee Roads: What Driving in Scotland Taught Me About Driving in America
Last month, my wife and I took our 14-year-old daughter on a long-planned, COVID-delayed, two-week trip to Scotland. We spent the first several days of our vacation ranging around Edinburgh on foot.
Last month, my wife and I took our 14-year-old daughter on a long-planned, COVID-delayed, two-week trip to Scotland. We spent the first several days of our vacation ranging around Edinburgh on foot.
A Loophole Allowed Me To Flourish
“Being a snowbird in a house with 2,400 square feet for me, my cat, and my dog felt insane.”
“Being a snowbird in a house with 2,400 square feet for me, my cat, and my dog felt insane.”