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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, bike lanes, Border to Border Trail, 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

The return of America’s cities…. except Detroit

By Mark | July 1, 2009

The Census Bureau released new figures today, and they contain some good news. Apparently, after years of decline, people are reentering America’s older cities. It only stands to reason that, as fuel prices rise, people would congregate in cities – especially cities with decent mass transportation, infrastructure and access to jobs. Unfortunately, however, it doesn’t [...]