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Fix public housing by reconnecting it to the street grid
An aging public housing project faces the same challenge as a ritzy New Urbanist neighborhood -- it's been sliced off from the surrounding grid. Here's how to fix it.
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How to make congestion pricing seem fun and fair [VIDEO]
A pair of slightly weird videos manage to make road pricing both entertaining and easy to understand.
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Why public transportation is good for kids
It's become part of the collective American belief system that cars are the preferred (if not the only acceptable) mode of transportation for our children. But my family is taking the road less traveled by.
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Biodiversity is an urban concern
Biodiversity doesn't get as much attention as it should now that climate change has become preeminent among environmental quandaries. But it's important!
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Rebuilding a historic neighborhood where some risked all for their humanity
The revitalization of an obscure block in Montgomery, Ala., will reaffirm its place in the history of the civil rights movement.
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The UniverCity project: An experiment in suburban urbanism
A neighborhood outside Vancouver tries to build walkable urbanism in a suburban setting. Best of all, it's attracting families.
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A report from the front lines of the "transit space race" [VIDEO]
These are heady times for sustainable transportation advocates, as you can see in this video report from the recent Rail~Volution conference.
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The Biggest Loser (of energy waste): UNC dormitory
A UNC dorm tops a Biggest-Loser-style contest between 14 buildings to see which could cut the most energy waste. Hooray!
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Will Los Angeles ever be something besides a "suburban metropolis"?
In the Los Angeles Times, architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne writes about the widening gap between those who favor a denser, more pedestrian-friendly LA and those who would prefer to remain in their cars.
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In New York's bike lanes, who are the real scofflaws?
There's a tendency to talk about people who ride bikes as though they're a lawless bunch of yahoos. A new study shows that they are simply, like all other people, responding to an environment that doesn't always serve their needs.
