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Jeff Speck on the “walkability dividend”

By Mark | January 7, 2013

I hesitate to post one more article about how great Portland is, as doing so just makes me feel that much worse about this state in which I’m currently trapped, but I just happened across a short interview between Richard “I speak for the creative class” Florida and Jeff Speck, the author of the new [...]

Posted in Observations, Other, Rail, Uncategorized | Also tagged Big 3, Border to Border Trail, bulldoze the suburbs, car culture, CEOs for Cities, city planning, creative class, fringe suburbs, Joe Cortright, mass transit, New Urbanism, Portland, Richard Florida, suburbs, urban growth boundary, urban planning, walkability, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Ypsi-Ann, Ypsi-Ann Interurban | 7 Comments

Agenda 21… Are America’s city planners in on the United Nations plot to enslave us, and force us onto bicycles?

By Mark | November 26, 2012

There’s only one thing people on the far right hate more than the United Nations, and that’s the United Nations setting international guidelines for sustainable development. I learned this a few days ago, while listening to a special episode of Glenn Beck’s radio program about a secret UN initiative to deal with the looming threats [...]

Posted in Environment, History, Observations, Other, Politics, Predictions, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1984, 1992, Agenda 21, Alabama, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, anti-environment, Arizona, Chip Rogers, city planning, competing visions for the future of America, concentration camps, Conference on Environment and Development, conspiracy theories, corporatocracy, Delphi, deregulation, dyptopia, Earth Summit, Emmeline, fear mongering, Field Searcy, Georgia, Georgia State Senate, Glenn Beck, global climate change, Global Warming, Harriet Parke, mass transit, mind control, paranoia, rationing, regulation, Republican National Committee, Republican platform, RNC, sprawl, suburbs, survival seeds, tea party, the collapse of the Republican party, the future of America, The Handmaid's Tale, the hijacking of the Republican party, the threat of Socialism, traffic circles, United Nations, urban sprawl | 26 Comments

Tea Party derails green projects, calling them U.N. plots, and exposes NYT journalism failings in the process

By Mark | February 5, 2012

Remember how, a few weeks ago, the Public Editor of the New York Times, Arthur Brisbane, wrote a column inexplicably asking if it should be the job of journalists to be “truth vigilantes,” as though there were other legitimate options to be weighed in this highly-politicized, post-reality world in which we find ourselves today? Well, [...]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged activism, Agenda 21, American Planning Association, American Policy Center, benito.strauss, carbon emissions, conspiracy theories, fair and balanced, gompa, green jobs, journalism, Maine, manipulation of the stupid, Newt Gingrich, public transportation, stupid Americans, Sustainability, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Tom DeWeese, truth vigilantes, United Nations, urban planning, world order | 13 Comments

Bike Ypsi Spring Ride: Sunday, May 2nd

By Mark | April 26, 2010

I had the occasion this weekend to talk with Andy Claydon and Natalie Holbrook from Bike Ypsi about the big Spring Ride event they’ve got planned for this coming Sunday. Here’s what was said: Mark: So, I hear you’ve got your big spring ride coming up. When is it, and what should people expect to [...]

Posted in Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Claydon, Ann Arbor Bicycling and Touring Society, be visible and predictable, being treated like a car, bike racks, bike repair, bike safety, Bike to Work Month, Bike Ypsi, bikes, Cross Street, distracted driving, EMU Police Department, getting your ass outside, Heavy Metal Tour, Kristen Cuhran, lobbying, Mexican food, Natalie Holbrook, non motorized plan, outdoor activities, Recreation Park, Ride of Silence, spring ride, Taco Tour, Tom Lennon, Ypsi festivals, Ypsi Pride Day, Ypsilanti DDA, Ypsilanti Planning Commission | 12 Comments

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Jeff Speck on the “walkability dividend”

Agenda 21… Are America’s city planners in on the United Nations plot to enslave us, and force us onto bicycles?

Tea Party derails green projects, calling them U.N. plots, and exposes NYT journalism failings in the process

Bike Ypsi Spring Ride: Sunday, May 2nd

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