Head for the Hills
By Nick Sifuentes - Jan 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pmDescribing the city as a “deeply unnatural and overwhelming place,” Jonah Lehrer writes a lengthy paean to the countryside in The Boston Globe, anchored by…
Posts Tagged ‘urban planning’
The People On OUP’s Priorities
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pmEzra points to a suggestions page for what the Office of Urban Policy should do. It’s pretty interesting to see which projects people favor more…
The Worst Idea on Infrastructure Spending Ever.
By Nick Sifuentes - Dec 4th, 2008 at 9:28 amThis article on Clusterstock is easily the stupidest thing I have seen on the Internet about infrastructure spending.
Every single sentence is replete with idiocy,…
Inside Transportation And Out
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:07 amAthena writes in response to Kay’s post on high-speed rails:
I think both local transit and connecting transit are important to invest in, but I…
Is California’s High-speed Rail Initiative Elitist?
By Kay Steiger - Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:33 amLast week, Campus Progress ran a piece by Next American City urban leaders fellow Ben Adler that argued Proposition 1A, the ballot initiative that invests…
Green Lanes
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pmI’ve really been on an unusually large urbanism craze this week. Don’t get me wrong: I like it, I just don’t usually think about it…
Wireless Possibilities
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 17th, 2008 at 9:50 amThe idea of creating free wireless networks for major cities has been much discussed, but for one reason or another–usually the logistics of installation or…
Urban Policy Focus
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pmThe consensus I’m getting from people I trust is that President-elect Obama’s Office of Urban Policy should apply the priorities of other departments like those…
Prioritize The Cities
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 11th, 2008 at 5:30 pmPresident-elect Obama has proposed an Office of Urban Planning, something I’m really excited about. America is no longer an agrarian society and the structure of…
Condominiums Should Be the New “House With a Picket Fence”
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 27th, 2008 at 10:06 amAs I write this I’m watching a mother and her daughter walk into our condominium building. Like me, the building is their home, but unlike…
