Geometry, politics, and the limits of the Highway State.
The Housing Debate Is Finally Catching up to Reality
Arguments that ignore finance, power, and legitimacy are breaking down.
Arguments that ignore finance, power, and legitimacy are breaking down.
We Build for Game Day, Not Every Day
Why Langley’s investments miss what families actually need.
Why Langley’s investments miss what families actually need.
Why Do Cities Build Sports Complexes Instead of Neighborhood Fields?
What if the places we invest in most aren’t the places that actually build community?
What if the places we invest in most aren’t the places that actually build community?
Rethinking What Makes Winter Roads Safe
Clearing our streets of snow is supposed to make them safer. Crash statistics tell a different story.
Clearing our streets of snow is supposed to make them safer. Crash statistics tell a different story.
What Zillow’s Search Data Says About the Housing Market
The housing people are looking for may not be what cities are built to deliver.
The housing people are looking for may not be what cities are built to deliver.
Transportation After the Age of Expansion
The era of transportation expansion was a success. That’s exactly why it needs to end.
The era of transportation expansion was a success. That’s exactly why it needs to end.
The City That Refused to Stay Dying
This Indiana city is no longer defined by what it lost, but by what its residents are building today.
This Indiana city is no longer defined by what it lost, but by what its residents are building today.
A Lesson in Light
How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.
How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.
How Cities Can Make Streets Safer Before a Crisis Hits
With limited budgets and staff time, cities often reserve their safety interventions for the most dangerous locations. But that doesn't mean other areas are safe.
With limited budgets and staff time, cities often reserve their safety interventions for the most dangerous locations. But that doesn’t mean other areas are safe.
How Building Community Can Drive More Housing Development
Here's how Lafayette, Louisiana, became a national leader in supporting incremental developers and creating an ecosystem where community reinvestment thrives.
Here’s how Lafayette, Louisiana, became a national leader in supporting incremental developers and creating an ecosystem where community reinvestment thrives.
From Gatekeeping to Guidance: Sacramento’s Bet on Small Developers
If you want more affordable, resilient, and context-sensitive housing, you need to equip your residents to build it. Here's how Sacramento did it.
If you want more affordable, resilient, and context-sensitive housing, you need to equip your residents to build it. Here’s how Sacramento did it.
Making the Good Easy: Kalamazoo’s Pre-Approved Building Program
Cities shape themselves around what is easy and what is hard. If you want good development, you need to make it easy to do.
Cities shape themselves around what is easy and what is hard. If you want good development, you need to make it easy to do.
How One California City Teamed up With Residents to Stop Speeding
During the demonstration project, the average speed of cars dropped to safe residential levels, and outlier speeds also decreased significantly.
During the demonstration project, the average speed of cars dropped to safe residential levels, and outlier speeds also decreased significantly.
Never Say Never: A Case for “For-Awhile” Urbanism
Last week, I wrote about Jeff Siegler’s strong stance that downtown ground floors should never be used as residences.
Last week, I wrote about Jeff Siegler’s strong stance that downtown ground floors should never be used as residences.
The Buttonhook and the Cost of Safety We Refuse to Pay
Early in my engineering career, I was a summer intern at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Early in my engineering career, I was a summer intern at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.