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State Farm Opts for Atlanta Transit Over Sprawl
State Farm’s massive new office and retail development in Atlanta will be right next to the train. Image: Business Chronicle It was a major coup for the Atlanta region when State Farm announced...
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Smart Growth America: Sprawl Shaves Years Off Your Life
Want to live a long, healthy, prosperous life? Don’t live in sprawlsville. These cul-de-sacs can kill you! Photo: Indie Music Filter Atlanta, I’m looking at you. Nashville, you too. Southern...
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Apple Transportation Program Stuck in the Past
Tom Fairchild is the director of Mobility Lab. This article was originally published by METRO Magazine. Apple’s new Cupertino HQ will force its thousands of employees into long commutes, many of which...
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Why Is America Falling Farther Behind Other Nations on Street Safety?
The United States continues to fall farther behind peer nations in reducing traffic fatalities. Image: International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group Vox, the much-anticipated Ezra Klein/Matt...
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How Hartford’s Bet on Cars Set the Stage for Population Loss and Segregation
Since the 1960s, most of the Hartford region’s population growth has been in formerly rural towns beyond the inner-ring suburbs. Image: Metro Hartford Progress Points Hartford, Connecticut, has one of...
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Book Excerpt: “Dead End,” a Look at Sprawl and the Rebirth of Urbanism
“Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism” is a new book by Ben Ross, longtime president of Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit and a frequent contributor to Greater Greater...
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Omaha Developer Sells “Walkable Main Street” of Parking Lots
This development in Omaha is being billed as a “Main Street.” The white space is parking. Image: Lockwood Development via Strong Towns As the downside of sprawling development becomes better...
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Will Julián Castro Follow Shaun Donovan’s Smart Growth Path at HUD?
Losing Shaun Donovan at the helm of HUD was a blow for urbanists. This afternoon President Obama formally announced the nomination of San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to replace Donovan as the Secretary...
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Trading Cars for Transit Passes “in the Middle of the Corn and Soybeans”
The Champaign-Urbana region managed to boost walking, biking, and transit rates. Photo: Wikipedia This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the...
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Livable Streets or Tall Buildings? Cities Can Have Both
Chicago’s 17-story Monadnock building provides pedestrians with an interesting architectural experience and retail amenities at their eye level, despite being almost 200 feet tall. Photo: Wikipedia...
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Study: Annual Cost of Sprawl in America Adds Up to $4,500 Per Person
Those living in sprawling areas require more road infrastructure, which is just one aspect of the cost of sprawl. Graph: New Climate Economy A new study confirms what we already know too well: Sprawl...
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Here’s How 45 Firms Explained Why They’re Moving Downtown
Two or three decades ago, the standard criteria for choosing an office location was often, “Where does the boss live?” says land use strategist Christopher Leinberger. And the boss inevitably lived in...
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Walkable Development Is on the Rise in Michigan
The share of rental apartments built in walkable areas of Michigan is rising rapidly. Chart: Smart Growth USA As the cradle of the car industry, Michigan built out its cities and suburbs exclusively...
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Jeff Wood and I are back with episode 8 of the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about Los Angeles Metro’s decision not to extend light rail all the way to LAX (and what they’re doing instead), plus...
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Amazon Could Kill Car-Dependent Big Box Retail. Will It Also Kill Main Street?
It’s been decades since big box stores — and before that, the Sears catalog and the modern supermarket — first started roiling Main Streets across America. The latest centralized retail behemoth, of...
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Minneapolis Moves to Eliminate Mandatory Parking
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a bold plan that would dramatically increase walkability and other hallmarks of urban living by eliminating mandatory parking that has encouraged car ownership...
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Can Columbus Grow Itself Toward Walkability?
The fast-growing city of Columbus has some choices to make about how it will house its next half million residents. Will the 450,000 people that the city expects to add by 2050 live in sprawling...
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These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip On U.S. Cities
The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates’ most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more. Sen....
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole
This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Hollander chats with us about a range of topics, including VMT Taxes, using eye-tracking software to measure the effects of the built...
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Study: Rural Areas Need Safe, Sustainable Transportation Now
More than ever before, rural communities need policies that make it easier for residents to drive less, a new report argues — but the federal politicians who govern them are stonewalling the very...
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