When trying to make a walkable and vibrant street, urban planners often think in terms of hard infrastructure like road width and crosswalks. But soft infrastructure, specifically flowers and other colorful plant life, plays an important role as well.
Read MoreFreeway fighters in California may have found a friend in Caltrans—if not for the fact that she was allegedly terminated for opposing two of the state’s forthcoming highway construction projects.
Read MoreFor the second time, a group of Minneapolis residents—enabled by existing law—have halted implementation of the city’s Minneapolis 2040 plan over its supposed environmental impact. Here’s why they’re doing more harm than good.
Read MoreODOT maintains it will use tolls to pay for the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project, but that it doesn’t need to evaluate tolling as part of the project’s environmental assessment, because tolling isn’t “reasonably foreseeable.”
Read MoreA cautionary tale on rain gardens.
Read MoreA drive through Shenandoah National Park, and a look back at its 1930s creation, offers a glimpse into the early era of American car culture, when motoring was a recreational activity with a lighter imprint on the landscape.
Read MoreResidents of Maricopa County in Arizona find themselves engaged in a war over water, as the county builds itself out beyond its means.
Read MoreProgress on climate change can and will come if we use a bottom-up approach to changing our development pattern.
Read MoreNo matter how many solar panels it has, your parking garage isn’t green, and especially if you don’t charge parking.
Read MoreAldo Leopold was an ecologist, not an urban planner, but insights from his Sand County Almanac can resonate with anyone interested in urbanism.
Read MoreThe environmental groups suing Minneapolis to block implementation of its groundbreaking 2040 Plan have a limited understanding of environmentalism, but a keen grasp of how to slow down policy reform.
Read MoreBecause we depend so heavily on cars, what happens when roads become too icy to drive on? The answer: road salt. But there are serious consequences to relying on salt for road-clearing.
Read More“Preserve the trees” or “clear the way for more housing”—which side should you take? (Good news: It’s a false choice, to begin with.)
Read MoreThis organization is suing their local government over an insolvent, master-planned development in Collier County, Florida.
Read MoreFact: New roads always produce new driving. Say hello to “induced demand.”
Read MoreOregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Read MoreNational Geographic says we’re witnessing an electric vehicle revolution. But there’s another, perhaps more important, revolution underway.
Read MoreHow will we deal with the overseas energy crisis as it spreads beyond Europe’s borders?
Read MoreWhat can we do at the most immediate, local level when water reservoirs run low?
Read MoreCDOT drafts a rule that intends to address both greenhouse gas emissions and Colorado’s spreading development pattern. But can this kind of top-down solution work?
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