Tag: cities

When I arrived at Rice University in Houston, in August 1973, we filled our Oldsmobile station wagon with gas for ...

One thing conservatives and liberals should agree on is that streets are shared infrastructure. They’re controlled by the government, in ...

The nature of work is changing. Technology has been doing this for 200 years. We’re creating more value with fewer ...

Suburban people are unwelcome in cities because the cars they need for the 30 mile commute don’t fit. Urban people ...

In practical terms this increases your “walkable” travel range from 1.5 miles to 5. That’s how far you can go ...

If you want growth, build a bike path. If you want density, build a park. Workforce housing should be where ...

No slum looks like a slum when it’s before a planning department.

Instead of making cities more livable Instead I’m seeing a cry for “affordable housing” that’s building new ghettoes and exurban ...

What housing needs is diversity. Diversity of incomes, diversity of housing styles, diversity of land use. We need jobs located ...

Once we understand that we’re all part of nature, that the area around our homes and offices is a natural ...