Tag Archives: Richard Florida

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, bulldoze the suburbs, car culture, CEOs for Cities, city planning, creative class, fringe suburbs, Joe Cortright, mass transit, New Urbanism, Portland, suburbs, urban growth boundary, urban planning, walkability, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Ypsi-Ann, Ypsi-Ann Interurban | 7 Comments

Richard Florida and the reshaping of America

By Mark | February 16, 2009

In the new March issue of the Atlantic, Richard Florida ponders how our current financial crisis may reshape America. Regardless of what you might think of Florida and his academic research, it’s a question worth considering. Given what we know about demographics and trends, which regions of the United States are most likely to weather [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan | Also tagged Detroit, Paul Krugman, Rust Belt, Slump Belt | 9 Comments