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• Measuring life quality: the Boston Indicators Project (May 13, 2013)
• Transit stars in 3 kinetic time-lapse minutes from Zurich (May 10, 2013)
• There must be a there (excerpted from People Habitat) (May 8, 2013)
• What good, grassroots advocacy for complete streets looks like (May 3, 2013)
• Is it time for "smarter smart growth"? (May 1, 2013)
• Is there a way to (downtown) San Jose? (by Lee Epstein) (May 6, 2013)
• The case for building on a city's historic assets (April 29, 2013)
• An amazing, entertaining vision for greening Rio's working port (April 26, 2013)
• Before the (next) deluge: Midwestern floods remind us of sprawl's toll (April 24, 2013)
• This transit system is also the world's longest art exhibit (April 22, 2013)
• Can quality of life be mapped? (April 19, 2013)
• The interdependence of successful towns and the rural landscape (April 17, 2013)
• Where sprawl still rules (April 11, 2013)
• Impressive public-private-NGO partnership begins to clean up an urban river (April 8, 2013)
• Green cities explained in a fun cartoon video for kids! (April 5, 2013)
• The essential elements of green cities (by Lee Epstein) (April 3, 2013)
• NRDC, CNU launch potentially "historic" agreement to control sprawl, rebuild cities (April 1, 2013)
• 'Portlandia' send-up of the 'tiny house' movement (March 29, 2013)
• New DC data confirm real estate recovery strongest in central & transit-served locations (March 26, 2013)
• Cities and the ecology of "people habitat" (March 27, 2013)
• A new twist on property rights - the strange case of squatters' sovereignty (March 25, 2013)
• Five ways to rock the Irish green on St Paddy's day (March 15, 2013)
• The seven deadly sins of land use (March 13, 2013)
• David Dixon, leader of 2013's top city planning firm, on what makes cities great (March 12, 2013)
• This is transit-oriented development? (March 8, 2013)
• World's second-largest rooftop farm takes root in Boston (March 7, 2013)
• For walkable cities, it's not about the density - it's about finding the right kind of density (March 4, 2013)
• When affordable housing isn't, really (March 1, 2013)
• Meet America's most diverse neighborhoods - some may surprise you (February 27, 2013)
• Embracing immigration for workforce and economic development (February 25, 2013)
• DC issues ambitious plan to become "the healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the United States" (February 20, 2013)
• The link between sustainable farming and sustainable communities (February 20, 2013)
• Coercion by contract: how homeowners associations stifle expression, sustainability (February 19, 2013)
• How city lights change the way we experience places (February 15, 2013)
• 10 principles for making high-density cities better (February 13, 2013)
• Lloyd Alter brings it on the car culture, "gizmo" technology, architecture, green lifestyles, & cities (February 11, 2013)
• And, on the eighth day, God created transit (February 7, 2013)
• Meet the nation's biggest landlord (and developer) (with Lee Epstein) (February 6, 2013)
• Are Main Streets a thing of the past? Is that OK? (February 4, 2013)
• Why smarter land use can help cities attract and retain young adults (February 1, 2013)
• Greening America's capital cities (January 30, 2013)
• Culture clash, or culture convergence? Rightist survivalism meets green urbanism (January 28, 2013)
• As good and important as it is, LEED can be so embarrassing (January 18, 2013)
• The disturbing and sometimes tragic challenge of walking in America (January 16, 2013)
• An affordable housing enclave that fits in, strengthens a neighborhood, and protects the environment (January 14, 2013)
• Has your favorite phrase jumped the shark? The vocabulary of community-building (January 11, 2013)
• Could Buenos Aires be a model for thinking about US cities? (by Lee Epstein) (January 10, 2013)
• Suburban sprawl could destroy up to 34 million acres of forests, says new study (January 8, 2013)
• The power of "creative placemaking" (January 7, 2013)
• How retrofitting a California suburb for walkability is spurring economic development (January 4, 2013)
• Five green community stories to watch in 2013 (January 2, 2013)
• The best of 2012 in green community solutions: a personal, eclectic list (December 31, 2012)
• The voices behind a remarkably inclusive green neighborhood-in-progress (December 28, 2012)
• Can the good work of Kansas City's Green Impact Zone be sustained? (December 27, 2012)
• Great cities celebrate the season (December 21, 2012)
• Dreaming of a BIKE Christmas (December 20, 2012)
• New research confirms central-city comebacks (December 18, 2012)
• From elephant to estuary: does the 2013 European Green Capital have something to teach US cities? (December 17, 2012)
• If you're out on your bike tonight, consider trying this (December 12, 2012)
• The greening of America's taxis (December 7, 2012)
• The fascinating visual rhythms of regional transit (December 6, 2012)
• HUD builds impressive record of support for smarter community planning (December 5, 2012)
• The ten steps of walkability (December 3, 2012)
• Wow: animating the city with amazing, kinetic LEDs (November 30, 2012)
• EPA honors seven outstanding community sustainability projects (November 28, 2012)
• The coolest green infrastructure you are likely to see (November 27, 2012)
• Mitigating the environmental paradox of smart growth: softening urban density (November 26, 2012)
• Meet the modern American family (November 21, 2012)
• Massachusetts takes a step for smart neighborhoods, workforce housing (November 20, 2012)
• Why I support the DC building height restrictions (November 19, 2012)
• How a tough neighborhood is building a stronger future with vivid public art (November 16, 2012)
• Can people live in harmony with nature on the Galapagos? (November 15, 2012)
• Shaping shared places to improve cities (November 13, 2012)
• Green homes, services provide opportunity and pride for veterans (November 12, 2012)
• Honoring a sustainability champion who 'repairs the fabric of communities' (November 9, 2012)
• A modest set of community principles for the President's second term (November 7, 2012)
• Sandy as preview: making communities more resilient to severe climate events (with Lee Epstein) (November 5, 2012)
• How Barcelona is becoming a leader in solar energy (November 1, 2012)
• Celebrating the autumnal city (October 26, 2012)
• Which US metros have the greenest commuting habits? (October 25, 2012)
• The compelling story of the bungalows of Rockaway (October 23, 2012)
• A look at "seven keys to stronger community" (October 22, 2012)
• Pursuing nonsprawling city growth with major brownfield redevelopment: the Sacramento Railyards (October 19, 2012)
• A low-income community taps homegrown leadership for a brighter future (October 17, 2012)
• How to use LEED-ND to improve an older neighborhood (October 16, 2012)
• When artists are rooted in place: a small-town musician fights for a piece of community history (October 15, 2012)
• The Space Between: caring for cities as an expression of faith (October 12, 2012)
• Take a virtual bike ride around Winnipeg in this super-fun video! (October 11, 2012)
• Urban farm grows more than food as kids gain work, leadership skills (October 10, 2012)
• Getting to yes on the right kind of suburban change (by Lee Epstein) (October 9, 2012)
• Signs of inspiration and resilience in an inner-city neighborhood (photo essay) (October 5, 2012)
• Our failure to create more meaningful communities for aging in place (October 4, 2012)
• Cleaning the urban environment with "sustainable backyards" (October 2, 2012)
• Retrofitting inner-city neighborhoods for energy efficiency (October 1, 2012)
• Fixing sprawl with baby steps, one parking lot at a time (September 27, 2012)
• Walk Score gets interactive, makes space for user photos & comments (September 26, 2012)
• How California is planning growth for a prosperous economy and clean environment (September 25, 2012)
• New online guide highlights the (sometimes hidden) beauty of Washington, DC (September 24, 2012)
• Community art or community development? Yes and yes, in Houston's inspiring Project Row Houses (September 20, 2012)
• The amazing cardboard bike project (September 19, 2012)
• A fiscal conservative's manifesto against sprawl (September 18, 2012)
• The challenging transformation of Valley Homes: from decay to the beginnings of community (September 17, 2012)
• How creative entrepreneurs are enlivening Miami's Little Havana (September 14, 2012)
• Amazing video perspective on Los Angeles, filmed for French TV in 1969 (September 13, 2012)
• How pro sports are helping to green cities (September 12, 2012)
• How communities can support walkability and be recognized for it (September 10, 2012)
• The fall - and rise - of small downtown America (by Lee Epstein) (September 7, 2012)
• What makes a great city street? Consider these examples (September 6, 2012)
• Cities, sustainable placemaking, & the careful use of words (September 5, 2012)
• Public transit is for everyone, dogs too (August 13, 2012)
• Where the bike commuters are, mapped & analyzed (August 10, 2012)
• Philadelphia's lively new park-in-phases creates a "front porch" for residents, commuters, visitors (August 9, 2012)
• Some welcome perspective on Walmart's Sustainability Index (August 2, 2012)
• Two minutes on updating the American Dream, with Peter Calthorpe (August 3, 2012)
• It doesn't have to be low-density to be sprawl (August 6, 2012)
• What trees mean to communities: more than you may think (July 31, 2012)
• How far will we walk to go somewhere? It depends. (July 30, 2012)
• London's showcase of sustainable living (July 24, 2012)
• How I'm thinking about people habitat these days (July 23, 2012)
• Loving a place to death . . . or not: communities near our great land- and waterscapes (by Lee Epstein) (July 25, 2012)
• Rit Aggarwala on why cities are more environmental solution than problem (July 27, 2012)
• Looking for a model of a walkable, green, community-serving school? Start here. (July 20, 2012)
• How sprawl worsens the impacts of drought and how smart growth can help (July 19, 2012)
• Great infographic on benefits of public transportation (July 17, 2012)
• What is "infrastructure," anyway? Industry report highlights 100 leading city projects (July 16, 2012)
• What will become of the most famous road in America? (July 13, 2012)
• Cincinnati re-opens spectacular park in revitalizing historic district (July 12, 2012)
• Relax, Outer Banks: NC state legislature outlaws sea level rise (July 9, 2012)
• The opportunity that Apple is missing to build a better neighborhood (July 10, 2012)
• The military case for energy independence (July 6, 2012)
• Building community by painting the town with street art (July 5, 2012)
• A post for Independence Day: America the welcoming (July 3, 2012)
• Check out our growing video library for smarter, greener communities (July 2, 2012)
• Central cities now growing faster than suburbs, confirming trends for walkable lifestyles, shorter commutes (June 29, 2012)
• How communities across America are creating a brighter future with help from the feds (June 28, 2012)
• Streamlining the process for people-oriented streets (June 26, 2012)
• When values collide: balancing green technology and historic buildings (June 25, 2012)
• Rebuilding downtown from scratch: striking images and a video from Christchurch (June 22, 2012)
• Measuring community sustainability: how do we know if we're on the right path? (June 21, 2012)
• What if bus stops were designed as if bus stops really mattered? (June 20, 2012)
• New reports and resources emphasize steps communities can take to improve health (June 19, 2012)
• Poll shows that Americans like planning, after all. But the details are messy. (June 18, 2012)
• New evidence that city trees reduce crime (June 13, 2012)
• The Plumbers' Law, or how sustainable development helps watersheds (by Lee Epstein) (June 11, 2012)
• Terrific short video on arts-driven placemaking (June 15, 2012)
• National arts partnership steps up big for community revitalization (June 12, 2012)
• New evidence that smart growth may reduce local congestion as well as overall driving (June 8, 2012)
• Denver redevelopment sets new standards for community engagement & analysis (June 7, 2012)
• How walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods help seniors (June 5, 2012)
• Bike lanes 2.0: now or soon in a city near you (June 4, 2012)
• Bank of America supports affordable green neighborhoods with grant program (June 1, 2012)
• Does a sustainable community need a good drinking establishment? (May 31, 2012)
• Detroit's prospects may be better than we think (May 30, 2012)
• Managing the increasing urbanization of Washington: sensitivity required (May 29, 2012)
• The many scenes of Memorial Day (May 28, 2012)
• Managing traffic (or not) on the waterways of Venice (May 25, 2012)
• Climate ride rolls strong for clean transportation and a healthy planet (May 24, 2012)
• A short walk reveals the simple delights of cities worth loving (May 22, 2012)
• Promoting people-oriented development around transit (May 21, 2012)
• Charlotte's Music Factory transforms abandoned mill into lively entertainment district (May 18, 2012)
• New housing forecast mostly good for walkable communities (May 17, 2012)
• Citizen participation in the design of sustainable communities (May 16, 2012)
• Taming the sound of the city: dealing with noise pollution (May 15, 2012)
• 'Baseball-oriented development' hits a home run in DC (May 14, 2012)
• Shipping container "cities" bring creative, funky approach to green construction (May 11, 2012)
• The right approach to green, inclusive revitalization (May 10, 2012)
• US obesity rates continue to soar, in part because of automobile dependence (May 9, 2012)
• Great city characteristics make us happier. Unless they don't. (May 8, 2012)
• Impressive Denver study on equity & transit should become national model (May 4, 2012)
• Visualizing the "edible city" in three minutes (May 3, 2012)
• Can collaboration substitute for authority in solving regional problems? (May 1, 2012)
• Sustainability in the crazy-quilt world of metro regions (April 30, 2012)
• Nashville's new hypergreen riverfront park (April 27, 2012)
• America's best cities for public transportation (April 26, 2012)
• Toronto's leadership for green roofs (April 25, 2012)
• Smart growth is a start. But it's not enough. (April 24, 2012)
• Is placemaking a "new environmentalism"? (April 23, 2012)
• Turning abandoned and obsolete properties into "park-oriented development" (April 20, 2012)
• A friend's manifesto for free-market sustainability (April 19, 2012)
• Can the National Mall be re-imagined as a place for people? (April 18, 2012)
• Traffic explained, then fixed in 4 entertaining minutes (April 17, 2012)
• Want to build development that the community will welcome? Ask them what they want. (April 16, 2012)
• Data summaries show walkable communities are good for our health, and for business, too (April 13, 2012)
• SoCal's new sustainability strategy is impressive step forward (April 12, 2012)
• 5 videos that could change the way you see cities (April 11, 2012)
• Cartoon gives new meaning to 'complete streets'! (April 10, 2012)
• Preserving a sense of place in LA's Little Tokyo (April 9, 2012)
• "Culturally appropriate, healthy and affordable housing" for Native American communities (April 6, 2012)
• How the evolving housing market will help sustainable communities (April 4, 2012)
• The emptiest mall in the world (March 30, 2012)
• How and why we should green parking facilities (March 29, 2012)
• 5 graphs and 4 photos tell the story on obesity, diabetes & walking (March 28, 2012)
• Two minutes on how to make a healthy city (March 27, 2012)
• A remarkable grassroots revitalization matures and thrives in Boston (March 26, 2012)
• What's wrong with this picture? Horribly unsafe street design, for starters (March 23, 2012)
• Nine low-tech steps for community resilience in a warming climate (March 22, 2012)
• Will the real green colleges please stand up? (by Lee Epstein) (March 21, 2012)
• Madness: the NCAA Sweet Sixteen decided by Walk Score! (March 20, 2012)
• The greening of Guinness (March 16, 2012)
• Green, supportive housing for veterans should become a national model (March 15, 2012)
• A high-tech corporate giant strengthens a walkable, transit-accessible neighborhood (March 14, 2012)
• If you care about cities, return that new iPad (March 13, 2012)
• Stonehenge assembly instructions (March 19, 2012)
• How to retrofit failing suburban big-box stores into a green showcase (March 12, 2012)
• Guess what DOESN'T stay in Vegas: sprawl (March 9, 2012)
• It's unanimous: El Paso commits to a smarter, greener future (March 8, 2012)
• Tools to help cities and towns guide green development (March 7, 2012)
• Stay thirsty, my friends: Whisky power is displacing fossil fuels (March 6, 2012)
• Running freeways through cities has often been a costly mistake. So, what now? (March 5, 2012)
• Pruitt-Igoe and lessons from the failure of postwar housing policy (March 2, 2012)
• Let's link the working rural landscape to the sustainability agenda (with Lee Epstein) (March 1, 2012)
• Zoning reform strengthens Nashville's impressive sustainability efforts (February 29, 2012)
• Nationwide data show how transportation costs hurt families, better planning can help (February 28, 2012)
• New wetlands park replaces brownfield in distressed neighborhood (February 27, 2012)
• DC zoning update seeks to legalize, encourage better neighborhoods (February 23, 2012)
• Mountaintop removal offends my core (February 24, 2012)
• Can US communities learn from this European suburban retrofit? (February 22, 2012)
• Laissez les bons temps rouler - the musical soul of a city (February 21, 2012)
• Transforming a derelict city building into vertical gardens for nearby residents (February 20, 2012)
• Where am I? Given crazy jurisdictional borders, it's hard to tell (February 17, 2012)
• HUD launches Sustainable Communities Resource Center (February 16, 2012)
• Nashville's promise for a greener transportation future (February 15, 2012)
• Why lovable places matter to sustainability (February 14, 2012)
• City places that inspire romance (a gallery of walkability, part 2) (February 13, 2012)
• A second winner at this year's Super Bowl: the walkable downtown (February 10, 2012)
• What's going on with new home sizes - is the madness finally over? (February 9, 2012)
• A new Native American village based on tradition helps a Tribe reclaim its sustainable roots (February 8, 2012)
• 'The power of the post-industrial city' (February 7, 2012)
• What does the new economy mean for the shape of communities? (February 6, 2012)
• The environmental building blocks of urban happiness (February 2, 2012)
• The geography of persistent unemployment contains some surprises (February 1, 2012)
• Affordable housing in a "gypsy wagon" (January 31, 2012)
• Blog post number 1000: A gallery of walkability (January 30, 2012)
• Can Ontario deliver the continent's best land-use plan? (January 26, 2012)
• The word "sustainable" is unsustainable (January 27, 2012)
• How a rain garden cleans industrial pollution (January 25, 2012)
• The green dividend from reusing older buildings (January 24, 2012)
• Reconciling cities with water scarcity (January 23, 2012)
• How to start transforming sprawl with shared personal vehicles (February 3, 2012)
• Designing healthy communities with Dr. Richard Jackson (January 20, 2012)
• A spiffy green waterfront begins to take shape in DC (January 19, 2012)
• Images and a song for this day (January 16, 2012)
• More walkable urban development is good. But is it good enough? (January 18, 2012)
• Living the low-car lifestyle (January 17, 2012)
• Ever wonder what happens to your trash? (January 13, 2012)
• Eight components of a "healing city" (January 12, 2012)
• When shops and services are within walking distance, we walk more and drive less (January 11, 2012)
• BioMilano dreams a lusher, greener metropolis (January 10, 2012)
• A strong case for a rail- and transit-oriented California (January 9, 2012)
• The citizen as expert: grassroots planning Down East (January 6, 2012)
• Rust Belt cities: to avoid more shrinkage, protect & strengthen the core (January 4, 2012)
• Smaller, more sustainable living in neighborhoods that fit in (January 3, 2012)
• A city on the move (January 5, 2012)
• The city of the future (January 2, 2012)
• The new economy: work closer, live smaller, connect better (December 30, 2011)
• Essays on community sustainability: my favorite posts of the year (December 29, 2011)
• Can we balance the old and new as a place evolves? (December 28, 2011)
• Fixing suburbs with green streets that accommodate everyone (December 20, 2011)
• It's a most wonderful time for city places (December 21, 2011)
• William & Mary plans campus 'eco-village' (December 19, 2011)
• Have yourself a merry TRANSIT Christmas! (December 16, 2011)
• Official review finds environmental benefits from additional homes near Silicon Valley jobs (December 15, 2011)
• "Give green" this year for sustainable communities (December 14, 2011)
• The good news: we're getting more city parks. The bad news: we have less money to take care of them. (December 13, 2011)
• How cities are like tomatoes (December 12, 2011)
• Can grassroots planning save what's best of a rapidly suburbanizing community? (December 9, 2011)
• 'Weed bombing' turns blight to bright in Miami (December 8, 2011)
• Does the sustainable communities agenda have something to offer rural America? (December 7, 2011)
• Land conservation, smart growth and the environment (December 6, 2011)
• See videos of EPA smart growth award winners (December 2, 2011)
• Dear America, we need more public transportation (December 1, 2011)
• National models of inclusive revitalization, smart planning, green building honored by EPA (December 2, 2011)
• Will downtown comebacks, entrepreneurs reverse commercial sprawl? (November 30, 2011)
• Rebuilding an affordable, sustainable community in Galveston (November 29, 2011)
• The importance of legacy to sustainability (November 28, 2011)
• How pocket parks may make cities safer, more healthy (November 23, 2011)
• New HUD grants will help communities pursue sustainability (November 22, 2011)
• How Hamburg became the European Green Capital (November 21, 2011)
• Best US cities for living car-free? None of the above, really (November 18, 2011)
• Report highlights exemplary clean water practices in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, other cities (November 17, 2011)
• Back to the farm: subdivision land now reverting to agriculture (November 16, 2011)
• Green development award program honored for outstanding achievement (November 15, 2011)
• Diamond in the rough, or a futile attempt to engineer walkability (November 14, 2011)
• Organic farm prepares veterans for jobs in sustainable agriculture (November 11, 2011)
• Cincinnati voters clear the way for streetcar, joining national trend (November 10, 2011)
• Walk Score just keeps getting better - check out these new features (November 9, 2011)
• The importance of context to green historic preservation (November 8, 2010)
• Can Phoenix be greened? (November 8, 2011)
• People Habitat: great city places (November 7, 2011)
• Visions show the incredible potential of the Atlanta Beltline (November 4, 2011)
• Apps for the environment (November 3, 2011)
• Australia outlines national city design principles (November 2, 2011)
• For Halloween, the Duke and Duchess of LEED (October 31, 2011)
• The haunting disappearance of Pine Point, pop. 1200 (October 31, 2011)
• Making cities healthier (and livelier) with a 'walking school bus' and vitality makeover (November 1, 2011)
• New data confirm European transportation habits are much greener than those in US cities (October 27, 2011)
• The amazing resurgence of the South Bronx (October 28, 2011)
• Geography of housing recovery favors cities and walkable neighborhoods (October 26, 2011)
• Two wheels good for the planet: Climate Ride (October 24, 2011)
• Architecture matters, still (October 25, 2011)
• Urban habitat demo takes shape in Buffalo (October 21, 2011)
• Cleveland cooperative delivers on green jobs (October 20, 2011)
• Is 'gentrification' always bad for revitalizing neighborhoods? (October 19, 2011)
• Will EPA's guidelines help communities build walkable schools? (October 18, 2011)
• The colors of a city evening (October 17, 2011)
• The spectacular 'green way' to build affordable housing (October 13, 2011)
• How green infrastructure is making cities more sustainable & hospitable (October 11, 2011)
• The silence of the trams (October 12, 2011)
• Animating the street with astonishing music (October 10, 2011)
• A musical & visual homage to one of our greatest city parks (October 7, 2011)
• Video: an ordinary day in the city, graphically analyzed (October 14, 2011)
• Supreme Court allows pollution fees on sprawl to continue (October 5, 2011)
• Building resilient cities and towns with fiscal conservatism (October 4, 2011)
• How a California city is cleaning up, building green, & protecting residents from pollution (October 6, 2011)
• Do you live in an "eco neighborhood"? This organization wants to know (October 3, 2011)
• Connected streets matter, or why Rachel still fears German Shepherds (September 30, 2011)
• Imagining cities as a kid growing up in the Bible Belt (September 28, 2011)
• 'Urbanized' the movie - looks promising (September 29, 2011)
• Guest post: 'Meeting of the Minds' for resilient cities (September 27, 2011)
• Sustainable communities must embrace the familiar (September 26, 2011)
• A spectacular green neighborhood is brewing in Milwaukee (September 22, 2011)
• How cleanup and redevelopment of city brownfields reduces pollution (September 21, 2011)
• Green "living walls" come indoors - including at NRDC (September 23, 2011)
• Signs of life in downtown Detroit (September 20, 2011)
• How a small community is becoming greener - with help from some important friends (September 19, 2011)
• Philadelphia plan aims high for vitality, resilience (September 16, 2011)
• Smart growth investment may be key to small cities' economic vitality (September 15, 2011)
• How the hell did we let this happen? Cleveland, then and now (September 14, 2011)
• Moving off welfare by rehabbing vacant properties for homes, job skills (September 13, 2011)
• The legacy of 9/11 for community & the built environment (September 12, 2011)
• Let's play Urbanology! (September 9, 2011)
• Turning polluting power plants into green neighborhood development (September 8, 2011)
• Maryland gives smart growth another push (September 7, 2011)
• What's in a name? Meet the Town Center that is neither. (September 6, 2011)
• "The most sustainable trip is the one you never had to take in the first place" (August 26, 2011)
• 10 emerging city neighborhoods (August 29, 2011)
• How garage & basement apartments help people, neighborhoods and the environment (August 31, 2011)
• Is this the world's greenest neighborhood? (August 24, 2011)
• The popsicle test, the Halloween test, and neighborhoods for kids (August 22, 2011)
• A fresh take on texting while driving, which you shouldn't (September 2, 2011)
• Walking is good for us. So why isn't it safer? (August 19, 2011)
• New data show how transit corridors reduce traffic, increase walking (August 17, 2011)
• Implementing sustainable practices on key urban issues (August 15, 2011)
• The importance of regional planning that matters (August 12, 2011)
• Barbie gets a green roof (August 11, 2011)
• Urban revitalization is green. Let's make it greener, greater, and more inclusive. (August 10, 2011)
• Seeing cities as the environmental solution, not the problem (August 9, 2011)
• Recycled land and shipping containers make a lively city market (August 8, 2011)
• New survey shows Americans think they are great drivers. But . . . (August 5, 2011)
• The 'not so big' neighborhood (August 4, 2011)
• The 'socialist developer' who is saving Mount Morris, NY (August 3, 2011)
• A powerful statement in the form of urban folk art: Detroit's amazing Heidelberg Project (August 2, 2011)
• New data on walkable neighborhoods, cities (August 1, 2011)
• 'Net zero' living with a green home in a walkable, historic neighborhood (July 29, 2011)
• The role of the arts in thriving communities (July 28, 2011)
• A beginning agenda for making smart growth legal (July 27, 2011)
• The country's most ambitious smart growth project shows some progress, much remaining potential (July 26, 2011)
• The economic importance of metro regions (July 25, 2011)
• Video week: the conservation imperative for smart growth (July 22, 2011)
• Video week: Jane Jacobs on neighborhoods, placemaking & active living (July 21, 2011)
• Video week: a curator's look at a great city neighborhood (July 20, 2011)
• Video week: does US-style planning and smart growth work elsewhere? (July 19, 2011)
• Video week: a tribute to Buffalo (July 18, 2011)
• NFL & LISC assist community sports facilities with grant program (July 13, 2011)
• The importance of place to sustainability (July 12, 2011)
• So, if climate change were a hoax (which it isn't), then what? (July 15, 2011)
• "Katrina Cottages" find post-Katrina uses as affordable housing, educational facilities, offices, & more (July 11, 2011)
• City crime continues to drop, especially where diversity is strong (July 8, 2011)
• 'Green cities' in the US and Canada, kind of (conclusion: CO2, energy, waste, buildings, air, water, governance) (July 7, 2011)
• 'Green cities' in the US and Canada, kind of (part 1: overall, land use, and transportation evaluations) (July 5, 2011)
• Song for the day (July 4, 2011)
• The original 'High Line': la Promenade Plantée in Paris (July 14, 2011)
• What does 'the pursuit of happiness' mean for communities? (June 29, 2011)
• If the world's population all lived in one city, how big would it be? (June 28, 2011)
• A sign that walkers and cyclists need more respect (July 1, 2011)
• Car costs may hinder the ability of households to save (June 27, 2011)
• How sprawl is like Bernie Madoff (June 24, 2011)
• The books I keep close at hand (June 30, 2011)
• Re-calibrating green building certification in two cartoons (June 23, 2011)
• 5 provocative ways to think about cities & neighborhoods (June 22, 2011)
• Why is Apple turning its back on the community? (June 21, 2011)
• Great green uses for wasted infrastructure (June 20, 2011)
• This once-distressed Philly neighborhood wants to be the city's greenest (June 17, 2011)
• The greenest (historic) building is the one that's in the right context (June 16, 2011)
• NYC's celebrated High Line park is crime-free, and the city's urbanism is a reason why (June 15, 2011)
• Whisky = Power in Scotland. Really. (June 14, 2011)
• Can this dead suburban mall be transformed into something better? It's complicated. (June 13, 2011)
• A growth plan that means something (in Seattle) (June 10, 2011)
• Which part of Detroit, if any, really needs "right-sizing"? (June 9, 2011)
• What does community mean to you? (June 7, 2011)
• Outstanding urbanism, transit, & state-of-the-art green infrastructure, beautifully mixed (June 6, 2011)
• "Your commute is killing you" (June 3, 2011)
• How smart growth reduces emissions (June 2, 2011)
• Is it over for suburban corporate campuses? (May 31, 2011)
• Do-It-Yourself streets & neighborhood makeover in London (June 1, 2011)
• Memorial Day, considered (May 30, 2011)
• Awesome little video on the case for smart growth (May 27, 2011)
• City crime drops to lowest rate in 40 years - partly because of revitalization? (May 26, 2011)
• The world's busiest pedestrian crossing? (May 24, 2011)
• Warning: transit data may not mean what you think they mean (May 23, 2011)
• Knowing when it's green: A Citizen's Guide to (LEED for) Neighborhood Development (May 25, 2011)
• Striking images of the illuminated city (May 20, 2011)
• The man who thinks Manhattan isn't dense enough (May 19, 2011)
• Animating Dallas: "I feel like I'm in Austin" (May 18, 2011)
• Free webcast on funding green city infrastructure & retrofits (May 17, 2011)
• Interested in sustainable buildings and places? There's an app for that (May 16, 2011)
• New Orleanians, rebuilding with sustainability (NOLA resilience Part 3) (May 13, 2011)
• A living wall in London (May 10, 2011)
• Coming to America: immigration and sustainable communities (May 9, 2011)
• Strengthening community through interactive street art (NOLA resilience part 2) (May 12, 2011)
• What does post-Katrina New Orleans say about cities? About America? (NOLA resilience part 1) (May 11, 2011)
• Will this historic downtown recover? (photoessay) (May 6, 2011)
• The greening of DC's LeDroit Park neighborhood (featuring a Baptist church, a farm, & HRH The Prince of Wales) (May 5, 2011)
• 11 US cities honored as "walk-friendly": Seattle ranks first (May 4, 2011)
• 50 ideas for better cities (May 3, 2011)
• Housing preference analysis: we have too much large-lot housing, too little urban housing to meet demand (May 2, 2011)
• Complete streets policies are gaining popularity across the country (April 27, 2011)
• Parks for people, and people for parks (April 28, 2011)
• The rousing success of DC's Capital Bikeshare (April 26, 2011)
• How Melbourne sets an example for urban livability (April 29, 2011)
• The collapse of the "key assumptions" of sprawl (April 25, 2011)
• Resource: making cities "livable and lovable" (April 21, 2011)
• For Earth Day: the majesty of the northern lights (April 22, 2011)
• DC charity develops large rooftop garden to serve the city (April 20, 2011)
• A dog's-eye view of what makes a walkable neighborhood (April 19, 2011)
• EPA Region 7: "We were just kidding about that sustainability stuff" (April 18, 2011)
• Celebrating the vernal city (photo essay) (April 15, 2011)
• Industry analysis says future is brighter for urban retail than for suburban (April 13, 2011)
• Connecting neurons and neighborhoods: kids' health and urban planning (April 12, 2011)
• A fresh take on intersection crossings for people (April 14, 2011)
• 2011 Eco-Everest expedition begins, with a mission (April 11, 2011)
• Smart growth requires more than transportation thinking (April 8, 2011)
• Industry study: Americans want smart growth (April 7, 2011)
• Helsinki goes underground to save space, emissions (April 6, 2011)
• New retail model promotes community equity (April 5, 2011)
• Emory University's impressive commitment to sustainability (April 4, 2011)
• In surprise move, House leaders propose national land use legislation (April 1, 2011)
• Freeways without futures (March 31, 2011)
• Interactive map shows where Americans are moving (March 30, 2011)
• Understanding urbanism, from a Christian theologian (March 29, 2011)
• 'Neighborhoods Go Green!' in highly educational exhibit at AIA (March 28, 2011)
• Forget plastics - think water (March 22, 2011)
• A neighborhood tour of green infrastructure to control runoff (March 22, 2011)
• The promising urban renaissance of Cherokee Street, St. Louis (March 21, 2011)
• Upcoming free webinar on water supply & quality issues (March 15, 2011)
• How parks can help revitalize distressed neighborhoods (March 16, 2011)
• The link between thriving towns and a sustainable rural landscape (March 18, 2011)
• A sustainable community in County Galway (March 17, 2011)
• March Madness for urbanists! (March 14, 2011)
• Terrific video on high-speed rail in the Northeast (March 25, 2011)
• Warning: black helicopters on the horizon (or so they say) (March 23, 2011)
• Sign language run amok (March 15, 2011)
• New, comprehensive database launches to help improve energy efficiency of buildings (March 11, 2011)
• These guys are 'mad' about trains (March 10, 2011)
• A trip to Sustainaville (March 9, 2011)
• EPA invites communities to apply for awards for active aging and smart growth strategies (March 8, 2011)
• Assembling the green facts to support preservation (March 7, 2011)
• A developer's video tour of a smart, green neighborhood (March 4, 2011)
• Is there a downside to "intelligent cities" or "smart cities"? (March 3, 2011)
• Transit-based industrial development (March 2, 2011)
• Simple ideas for healthy, livable cities (March 1, 2011)
• Solving sprawl with basketball (reprise) (February 28, 2011)
• Study identifies 15 US metro regions as leaders in transportation innovation & performance (February 25, 2011)
• Households in transit-oriented locations save more energy and emissions than even 'green' households in sprawl (February 24, 2011)
• The value and practice of smart growth endorsement (February 22, 2011)
• The wonderful world of neighborhood associations: this one will surprise you (February 21, 2011)
• The remarkable story of Oakland's Fruitvale Transit Village (conclusion) (February 18, 2011)
• The remarkable story of Oakland's Fruitvale Transit Village (part 1) (February 17, 2011)
• Extraordinary images of ordinary community places (February 16, 2011)
• Kaidslist: the trendy Ins and Outs of smart growth & sustainability (February 15, 2011)
• What do the world's most romantic cities have in common? (reprise) (February 14, 2011)
• Key ingredients for a successful "social town center" (February 11, 2011)
• It's in the data: sprawl begets more sprawl (February 7, 2011)
• Ambitious, revitalizing arts district goes green in Syracuse (February 9, 2011)
• EPA announces "building blocks" for sustainability planning (February 4, 2011)
• See innovative proposals for the Minneapolis waterfront (February 3, 2011)
• Personal income stats: older cities in the East & Midwest are rebounding (February 1, 2011)
• Residents of award-winning, transit-oriented development say no to transit (February 2, 2011)
• Libraries as green community and neighborhood anchors (January 31, 2011)
• Accommodating the multiple purposes of streets (video) (January 28, 2011)
• Calvert Investments: Production homebuilders don't bother much with smart growth (January 26, 2011)
• An icon of local farming disappears: "Tearing Down Rosebank Farms" (January 27, 2011)
• How to strengthen a town with prudent investment and common sense (January 25, 2011)
• 5 ways that local groups and citizens can use LEED-ND (January 24, 2011)
• The importance of walkable destinations in an emergency (January 21, 2011)
• Could El Paso become a model of thoughtful smart growth planning? (January 20, 2011)
• "Growing Wealthier" report shows how smart growth can enhance prosperity (January 19, 2011)
• A salute to one of the good guys in public health, Andy Dannenberg (January 18, 2011)
• Community memorials to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (photo essay) (January 17, 2011)
• 20 questions to guide the delivery of a great neighborhood (January 14, 2011)
• How much urbanism is enough? (January 13, 2011)
• 10 steps to a "slow home" for more sustainable living (January 11, 2011)
• A pedestrian braves the challenges of sprawl (January 10, 2011)
• Sustainable Oakland (January 12, 2011)
• NRDC launches new environmental website for the New York City region (January 7, 2011)
• The messy issue of design in smart growth (January 6, 2011)
• The case for restoration of communities and nature, presented with eloquence (video) (January 5, 2011)
• Older homes are holding their value far better than newer ones (January 4, 2011)
• Can communities foster wellness of body, mind and spirit? (January 3, 2011)
• Six sustainable communities stories to watch in 2011 (December 30, 2010)
• My favorite posts of 2010, from the very personal to the very cosmic (December 28, 2010)
• My kind of shopping mall retrofit (December 23, 2010)
• "The essence of urbanism" (December 21, 2010)
• Have yourself a merry TRANSIT Christmas (December 22, 2010)
• Great public spaces make great holiday places (December 20, 2010)
• World history (very) quickly summarized in dazzling short videos (December 16, 2010)
• Arts-driven revitalization in Kentucky - yes, Kentucky (December 17, 2010)
• California, Maryland, New Jersey on the right track to curb transportation emissions; other states, not so much (December 15, 2010)
• Walkable neighborhoods have higher levels of trust, community participation (December 15, 2010)
• A video mini-lesson in smart growth, conceived and realized (December 14, 2010)
• Smart growth principles for the 21st century (December 13, 2010)
• Philadelphia will add new neighborhood-scale parks as part of ambitious green vision (December 10, 2010)
• A recovering engineer posts a photo of "sustainability" (December 9, 2010)
• Living City Block, retrofitting a DC neighborhood to become an environmental model (December 8, 2010)
• Educated class flocks to urban environments (December 7, 2010)
• It's time to update the definition of "smart growth" (December 6, 2010)
• Legislation introduced to bring healthy food to distressed neighborhoods (December 3, 2010)
• EPA announces smart growth award winners: urban, rural & regional planning, plazas, green buildings, & more (December 2, 2010)
• Lessons in neighborhood planning and architecture, from history and today (December 1, 2010)
• Ten affordable neighborhoods-in-progress will design to LEED-ND standards under grant program (November 30, 2010)
• Speaking of greening professional sports . . . (November 29, 2010)
• Designing communities for health: tools and resources (November 29, 2010)
• Why we love the places we love - what the research says (November 24, 2010)
• Images from the world's 10 (or 11) most walkable cities (November 23, 2010)
• Revitalization, regions, neighborhoods, equity, preservation, transportation, sustainability, and more: October-November blog highlights (November 22, 2010)
• Innovative East LA high school features urban planning and community engagement (November 19, 2010)
• US homes are right-sizing and greening (November 18, 2010)
• The greening of professional sports (November 17, 2010)
• Builders of Hope creates community through innovative approach to preservation, sustainability, jobs and affordable housing (November 16, 2010)
• Hilarious video on gated community versus smart growth (+ an extra on 'kayak-oriented development') (November 15, 2010)
• Data confirm lack of supermarket access in poor neighborhoods (November 11, 2010)
• Bikes I have enjoyed photographing (November 12, 2010)
• Leaving Las Vegas: facts and images from the desert mega-bust (November 9, 2010)
• Gallup: nearly 4 in 10 Americans fear walking alone at night (November 10, 2010)
• Ventura video illustrates planning for connection, walkability, quality (November 8, 2010)
• Show and tell Good magazine why your bus route is the best in America (November 5, 2010)
• "Equity is the way forward" - discussions on race and America's future (November 4, 2010)
• Sustainable places: where the healing can begin (November 3, 2010)
• Apple invests in public transit - with impressive, stylish results (November 2, 2010)
• "Cities" may not matter as much as we think - regions and neighborhoods are where things actually happen (November 1, 2010)
• Dignity by design: rebuilding a historic neighborhood where some risked all for their humanity (October 28, 2010)
• The night the 'burbs come to town (reprise) (October 29, 2010)
• Brilliant use of GIS to show impacts of discrimination, disinvestment & sprawl (October 27, 2010)
• A family copes with the unexpected costs of sprawl (video) (October 26, 2010)
• Great for Prince George's to (finally) get a Wegmans. But . . . (October 25, 2010)
• A very impressive two weeks for the federal sustainability partnership (October 22, 2010)
• The earth ship has landed (October 20, 2010)
• The Sustainable Cities Collective (October 20, 2010)
• Massive database provides a wealth of information to support transit-oriented development (October 18, 2010)
• Remaking a suburb for the creative class (October 21, 2010)
• Want to walk to school? Laguna Beach says nope, not here (October 19, 2010)
• The ten worst things about sprawl (October 18, 2010)
• The long and winding road that made me an environmentalist (October 15, 2010)
• Images of hope from a town where 'reinvention is the only option' (Braddock, Part 2) (October 14, 2010)
• Haunting images of a fallen town, 'large enough to matter, small enough to impact' (Braddock, Part 1) (October 13, 2010)
• America's favorite farmers' markets (October 12, 2010)
• A garden for the elderly fosters a personal brand of sustainability (October 11, 2010)
• Imaginative suburban retrofits among winners in 'Build a Better Burb' contest (October 8, 2010)
• Nice short video on walkable street design (October 7, 2010)
• Industry survey confirms developers shifting to smart growth (October 6, 2010)
• In the wake of the spill, planning for resilience (October 5, 2010)
• We're losing an acre of farmland every minute, according to new data (October 4, 2010)
• Striking images of disconnected streets and unwanted sprawl (October 1, 2010)
• Richard Florida joins the skeptics on massive urban demolitions (September 30, 2010)
• Revitalization with palm trees: the green revival of Northwood (September 29, 2010)
• California air board sets enforceable targets for smart planning (September 28, 2010)
• The importance of transit context and design (September 27, 2010)
• Yes, this really is a city shaped like a rhino (September 24, 2010)
• Walmart goes urban: be careful what we wish for? (September 23, 2010)
• Mapping a walkable lifestyle - the web of daily life (September 22, 2010)
• TPL publishes comprehensive data on city park systems (September 21, 2010)
• Seven rules for sustainable communities (September 17, 2010)
• Maybe the best little video yet on smart neighborhood-building (September 20, 2010)
• Cleaning the air with smart growth (September 16, 2010)
• Sketches of urbanism and sustainability (September 15, 2010)
• Analysis proves that even small towns and rural areas have locations eligible for LEED-ND honors (September 14, 2010)
• How LEED-ND identifies the best places for development and planning (September 13, 2010)
• 'Welcome to Shelbyville': a community of immigration challenges, faith and hope (September 10, 2010)
• Evocative images of cities past, 'reclaiming the urban memory' (September 9, 2010)
• More on the semantics of sustainability: is it time to reframe the 'triple bottom line'? (September 8, 2010)
• What is a 'sustainable community,' and what does the answer have to do with us? (September 7, 2010)
• Job creation through smart land use & transportation (September 3, 2010)
• A portrait of a neighborhood in transition (September 2, 2010)
• Why doesn't the public health community get it about walkability? (September 1, 2010)
• 'Building a better block' demo is changing a Dallas neighborhood (August 31, 2010)
• To aid NOLA recovery, tear down the expressway & restore the neighborhoods (August 30, 2010)
• 'Maximizing urban cores' vitality and infrastructure must be the basis for any definition of sustainability' (August 23, 2010)
• What does 'net zero' mean? Sprawl by another name? (August 19, 2010)
• How LEED-ND works, step-by-step - evaluating a low-carbon development (August 24, 2010)
• Using LEED-ND as a zoning & planning tool (August 26, 2010)
• Instantly see average transportation costs, emissions for any location (August 13, 2010)
• Use it (transit) to lose it (weight) (August 17, 2010)
• The case for living small (August 16, 2010)
• Urban stormwater runoff 101, by my NRDC colleagues (August 20, 2010)
• The top 20 urban planning successes of all time (August 11, 2010)
• What is 'smart growth,' anyway? (August 12, 2010)
• 'Peace Gardens' bring needy communities together, 'saving our own neighborhood' (August 9, 2010)
• The beautiful game brings dignity to the streets (August 6, 2010)
• Long Island municipality fights back to save energy retrofits (August 10, 2010)
• Are you ready for the country? Rural communities & smart growth (conclusion) (August 4, 2010)
• Are you ready for the country? Rural communities & smart growth (part 1 of 2) (August 3, 2010)
• Great archival photos of US cities (August 2, 2010)
• Reviving the post-industrial city without destroying it (July 30, 2010)
• Amazing street art that enlivens cities (August 27, 2010)
• Cincinnati students plan redevelopment area of Brazilian city for the next World Cup (July 29, 2010)
• Washington Post misses the point on inclusionary zoning (July 28, 2010)
• Using LEED-ND to identify good locations for smart, green development (July 27, 2010)
• Le Tour reminds us why we love Paris (July 26, 2010)
• Financial Opportunity Centers help transform distressed areas into stronger communities (July 23, 2010)
• The crumbling of the DC Metro (July 22, 2010)
• A close look at a smart growth icon: Denver's Highlands' Garden Village (conclusion) (July 21, 2010)
• A close look at a smart growth icon: Denver's Highlands' Garden Village (Part 1) (July 20, 2010)
• Musings on vacation sites, consumption, and resilient communities (July 16, 2010)
• Where we place government buildings matters; the Administration agrees (July 15, 2010)
• Short film capturing an ecosystem of urbanity (July 19, 2010)
• Tax revenue from downtown mixed-use outperforms big-box superstores and malls (July 14, 2010)
• Winners and losers in latest round of federal transit grants (July 13, 2010)
• This week's sign of the apocalypse (July 12, 2010)
• The revival of Main Streets (July 9, 2010)
• 'Agricultural urbanism' that actually is urban (July 6, 2010)
• Happy Birthday, and Welcome (July 4, 2010)
• Energy efficiency (including smart growth) is essential to economic recovery (July 7, 2010)
• Reid Ewing on travel and the built environment (July 2, 2010)
• Estimating the impacts of smart growth: the importance of forecasting traffic correctly (July 1, 2010)
• 10 principles for livable transportation, by Jan Gehl & Walter Hook (June 28, 2010)
• Tassafaronga Village brings affordable gold and platinum to East Oakland (June 30, 2010)
• Birmingham neighborhood takes a stand for walkability - and wins (June 29, 2010)
• The beauty and convenience of oil (June 25, 2010)
• New California report shows well-planned land use could dramatically reduce pollution, household costs (June 24, 2010)
• Response to the spill must include smarter land use, transportation (June 23, 2010)
• DC area's LEED-ND projects, mapped (June 22, 2010)
• Popularity of walking, bicycling for transportation soars (June 21, 2010)
• Urban density is good, says Mother Jones; we agree, says Scientific American (June 18, 2010)
• Smart growth in 30 good seconds (June 17, 2010)
• They don't build them like they used to: Steve Mouzon's Original Green (June 16, 2010)
• Thinking about the economics of sustainable communities (June 14, 2010)
• ULI gives strong endorsement to California smart growth law (June 10, 2010)
• Old is the new green: renovating for sustainability (June 15, 2010)
• Principles of sustainable housing, from the Smart Growth Network (June 9, 2010)
• Dick Moe's legacy for history, community, and sustainability (June 8, 2010)
• Photos of willful ignorance that people need to walk, ride transit and bicycle (June 7, 2010)
• The case for rentals over homeownership (June 11, 2010)
• The definitive study of how land use affects travel behavior (June 4, 2010)
• Dublin gets spectacular green stadium (June 3, 2010)
• This day has a purpose (May 31, 2010)
• Chuck's advice: lead with the financial case for smart urbanism (May 28, 2010)
• Canada Green Building Council acquires smart growth organization, vows to advocate smart growth nationally (June 2, 2010)
• Watershed benefits of smart growth duplicate transportation benefits, according to recent research (June 1, 2010)
• Backyard cottages absorb density while maintaining neighborhoods (May 27, 2010)
• Student project becomes model sustainable community development in Oberlin (May 26, 2010)
• You don't really need growth to generate sprawl (May 25, 2010)
• Are shop windows endangered as a species? (May 24, 2010)
• HUD to use LEED-ND criteria in judging federal grant competitions (May 21, 2010)
• Three visual perceptions of residential density (May 21, 2010)
• 'Urban farming' is not always the right answer (May 20, 2010)
• Sustainable community building on display at Seattle's Denny Park apartments (May 19, 2010)
• The Great Convergence (of environmental values) (May 18, 2010)
• Crown Square poised to showcase restoration progress in Old North St. Louis (May 17, 2010)
• Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods (May 14, 2010)
• Will these talented partners make the definitive revitalization movie? (May 13, 2010)
• Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally (May 12, 2010)
• Walkability 101-B, or why it's good to be connected (May 11, 2010)
• Walkability 101-A, by Roger Lewis (May 10, 2010)
• Interested in how to think about city parks? Get this book (May 7, 2010)
• The best infomercial for smart growth you are likely to see (May 6, 2010)
• Brightening the city’s (and NRDC’s) streetscape (May 5, 2010)
• Giving to the street (for walkability & sustainability) (May 4, 2010)
• What will become of Pass Christian? The impact of the oil spill on community (May 3, 2010)
• Flip This Town! Wauconda, Washington sold on eBay (April 30, 2010)
• LEED for Neighborhood Development formally launches to promote smart, sustainable land use (April 29, 2010)
• I wish AIA didn’t define ‘green’ so narrowly (April 28, 2010)
• LA’s Eco-Village: a venture in intentional community and sustainability (April 27, 2010)
• Housing market strengthens for smart growth: dramatic new data from the DC area (April 26, 2010)
• How immigrants are revitalizing America’s fading suburbs (April 23, 2010)
• My place on the earth (April 22, 2010)
• Chicago's spiffy new bike station (April 21, 2010)
• For walkability and community, put the building on the street and the parking in back (April 20, 2010)
• Dallas Cowboys implode for smart growth (April 19, 2010)
• Dick Jackson, articulate and passionate on health & the built environment (April 16, 2010)
• Contemplating Earth Day at 40: a journey for the environment, from NIMBY to YIMBY (April 15, 2010)
• Has the automobile era jumped the shark? (April 14, 2010)
• HRH the Prince of Wales on building a better community – in Wales (April 13, 2010)
• Addressing the environmental paradox of smart growth: a gallery of green density (April 12, 2010)
• The environmental paradox of smart growth (April 9, 2010)
• Blumenauer on a bike, talking bikes and cities (April 8, 2010)
• Poll finds overwhelming US support for improved public transportation – slideshow summary (April 7, 2010)
• Walkable livability is a small-town value (April 6, 2010)
• The nations of North America, revisited and considered (April 5, 2010)
• Fun short video gives new meaning to 'market transformation' (April 2, 2010)
• Living in a fool’s paradise (April 1, 2010)
• The walk of life – helping Johnny (and Joanie) walk to school (March 31, 2010)
• What cities should do to become more sustainable and resilient (and it’s not what they are doing currently) (March 30, 2010)
• Reflections from Eric Britton on how art, walkability, transportation, and shared experience nourish us (March 29, 2010)
• Hi, I’m Kaid, proud to be an 'avid cyclist' (March 26, 2010)
• A "complete street," circa 1906 (March 25, 2010)
• Most important analysis of land use you'll see all year: CNT proves benefits of smart growth nationwide (March 24, 2010)
• A tale of two cities in Florida, where walkability trumps sprawl – again (March 23, 2010)
• Best practices for smart, sustainable community development: presentation (March 22, 2010)
• Distressed city neighborhoods need green investment for community, environment (March 19, 2010)
• We will take transit if it meets our needs (IOW, don’t fall for “the fundamental attribution error”) (March 18, 2010)
• Why we do this: a musical tribute to the Irish landscape (March 17, 2010)
• Small town changes: “I watched the growth – it’s become ‘Paradise Lost’ for me” (March 16, 2010)
• Beware the Ides of March Madness: brackets based on walkable urbanism (March 15, 2010)
• A true conservative takes aim at pretenders who defend sprawl (March 12, 2010)
• Taking revitalization to the next level: Denver’s Living City Block (March 11, 2010)
• Rave on, Jim Kunstler (March 10, 2010)
• Using urban density to support parks, and vice versa (March 9, 2010)
• A local lesson in transit orientation, walkability and supermarket economics (March 8, 2010)
• Constructing a city around the concept of happiness (March 5, 2010)
• Lessons from the Sun Belt: replacing sprawl with smart growth requires sustained commitment (March 4, 2010)
• Amazing, animated film clip showing a city's evolution (March 3, 2010)
• Haiti update: Mourning, builder, architects donate emergency homes, work for more (March 2, 2010)
• Outstanding walkability/livability presentation by DC planning staff (February 28, 2010)
• Zoning reform, libertarianism, and the nature of community (February 26, 2010)
• How not to build a high-rise (February 25, 2010)
• What criteria should we use to define smart growth locations? (February 24, 2010)
• Are some women foregoing transit because of fear? (February 23, 2010)
• The housing bubble and financial crisis explained, by Stephen Colbert (February 22, 2010)
• Stimulus grant puts NYC’s Moynihan Station on the right track (February 19, 2010)
• Kids’ perspective on safe walkability (February 18, 2010)
• Paradise in a parking lot: is history still history if it is relocated? (February 17, 2010)
• Rebuilding Haiti, quickly and thoughtfully (February 16, 2010)
• What do the world’s most romantic cities have in common? (February 14, 2010)
• Vancouver’s medal-worthy Olympic Village, one of the greenest neighborhoods anywhere (February 12, 2010)
• Urbanism in Baghdad: rebuilding Sadr City (February 11, 2010)
• The evolution of a rail transit system, illustrated (February 10, 2010)
• “Smaller homes, urban lifestyles and sustainable communities will shape development” (February 9, 2010)
• Indianapolis can still be a winner in smart growth (part 3 of the Indy revitalization series) (February 8, 2010)
• It's official: HUD's exciting new sustainability program (February 5, 2010)
• Guess the density – you might be surprised (February 5, 2010)
• Alex Steffen has some fighting words about sprawl (February 4, 2010)
• Hidden public spaces in San Francisco, London in 2050, Nebraska in a field, and other ‘strange maps’ (February 3, 2010)
• Urbanist bloggers who make me think (February 2, 2010)
• Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: moving smart growth forward (February 1, 2010)
• Downsizing for charity: how less became more for one family (January 29, 2010)
• The country's best suburban retrofit: Bethesda Row reaches maturity (January 28, 2010)
• Instead of building new green places, let’s green the ones we have (January 26, 2010)
• Transit-oriented development requires more than transit and development (January 25, 2010)
• Free downtown transit could be the key to economic investment (January 22, 2010)
• How to save save half a million acres in Maryland and set an example for elsewhere (January 21, 2010)
• A birds-eye view of new suburbia (January 20, 2010)
• Inclusive revitalization at its best: Melrose Commons in the South Bronx (January 18, 2010)
• State-owned Australian developer seeks to measure whole-community sustainability (January 15, 2010)
• ‘Gated communities’ are not necessarily safer (January 14, 2010)
• The Atlanta Beltline remains the country's best smart growth story, and these short videos show why (January 13, 2010)
• LEED awards show why ‘green’ criteria need reform (January 11, 2010)
• Video: how to make walking safer by "daylighting" city intersections (January 8, 2010)
• Miami 21 leads the way on zoning reform (January 7, 2010)
• Redrawing the American City: sprawl and smart growth in Chicago (January 6, 2010)
• Reflecting national central-city trends, DC population rises while crime plummets (January 5, 2010)
• The Smart Growth Manual: a Review (January 4, 2010)
• The year's top smart growth stories (December 29, 2009)
• The blog in review, 2009: my favorite posts (December 28, 2009)
• Happy CYCLING holidays (more fun photos) (December 22, 2009)
• Have yourself a merry transit Christmas (fun photos!) (December 21, 2009)
• The big-box ghosts of shopping past (December 18, 2009)
• How walkable neighborhoods increase home values, illustrated (December 17, 2009)
• The climate benefits of smart growth may be far greater than we have thought (December 16, 2009)
• Amazing subway architecture (December 15, 2009)
• Hey, Copenhagen: climate protection must include smart, walkable neighborhoods (December 14, 2009)
• Real-time transit info comes to a smart phone near you (December 11, 2009)
• Texas (!) becomes first state to adopt new smart street rules (December 10, 2009)
• Stunning photos of a world-class, walkable city (December 8, 2009)
• Lancaster County has a stellar comprehensive plan: now to implementation (December 7, 2009)
• The best laid schemes gang aft agley: the saga of Salton City (December 4, 2009)
• Smart growth exemplars honored by EPA (December 3, 2009)
• As we lose shopping malls, are we losing something sacred? (December 2, 2009)
• New data on the missed opportunity of the stimulus (December 1, 2009)
• “If you don’t have safe streets, all the light rail lines in the world aren’t going to save your city” (November 30, 2009)
• R.I.P. Abe Pollin, the man who improved downtown (November 25, 2009)
• How Thanksgiving is really about contaminated property, and other strange, recent product pitches (November 24, 2009)
• EPA's new, interactive green homes site (November 20, 2009)
• A close-up look at a revitalization district (Indianapolis, part 2: the challenges) (November 19, 2009)
• Living green above the big box (November 18, 2009)
• Habitat partners with state, private sector to build affordable LEED-ND project in Oakland (November 17, 2009)
• Urban education: the next environmental and smart growth frontier (November 16, 2009)
• New book ‘Green Community’ defines and illustrates sustainable neighborhoods, towns, cities (November 13, 2009)
• ‘Dangerous by Design’ report faults systematic inattention to pedestrian safety (November 12, 2009)
• “Housing First” offers glimmer of hope for homeless veterans, others (November 11, 2009)
• Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer suburbs may “lack staying power” (November 10, 2009)
• New York state moves to align new infrastructure with smart growth (November 9, 2009)
• Walk Score incorporates transit, real estate industry takes note (November 6, 2009)
• Federal officials, other leaders stress “sustainable communities” at national planning forum (November 5, 2009)
• All aboard: Cincinnati voters emphatically reject anti-streetcar measure (November 4, 2009)
• Florida county links density & conservation to restrict mining, protect water supply (November 3, 2009)
• An Indy neighborhood could become a model of smart, green revitalization – so where are the enviros? (November 2, 2009)
• To promote recycling on the street, make it fun (October 30, 2009)
• In improving communities, small steps can make a big difference (October 29, 2009)
• Exemplary smart, green development will complement the historic character of medieval Weilburg (October 28, 2009)
• Living smart and well in a “20-minute neighborhood” (October 27, 2009)
• Never mind the Prius – the new chic is going car-free entirely (October 26, 2009)
• Walkers, be careful out there (video) (October 23, 2009)
• Retrofitting suburban cul-de-sacs: start with trails (October 22, 2009)
• Cong. Blumenauer launches Livable Communities Task Force (October 21, 2009)
• More on the Ninth Ward: Musicians’ Village strikes an optimistic chord (October 20, 2009)
• St. Louis leads with model project for smart, green streets (October 19, 2009)
• What attaches people to their communities? (October 16, 2009)
• How to keep smart growth affordable: build more of it (October 15, 2009)
• Rebuilding the Ninth Ward: does architecture matter? (October 14, 2009)
• Bold, smart, green vision proposed for Raleigh (October 13, 2009)
• Strip shopping center vacancies at 17-year high (October 12, 2009)
• More on the decline of sprawl, from MSN (October 9, 2009)
• More on Rose Town (October 8, 2009)
• Revitalization in the third world: Rose Town, Jamaica explores healing through restoration (October 7, 2009)
• Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction (October 6, 2009)
• Milwaukee bounces back, sustainably (October 5, 2009)
• Which US cities have the greenest commuting habits? (October 2, 2009)
• Taming the big box: Lynchburg takes a step (October 1, 2009)
• What other cities can learn from Portland (and it’s not just what you think) (September 30, 2009)
• Green Metropolis: David Owen’s urban manifesto (September 29, 2009)
• Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone: making great use of stimulus funds (September 28, 2009)
• The world’s tallest wooden building (September 25, 2009)
• Vegas on steroids: meet Dubai (September 23, 2009)
• Recession spurs creative temporary uses of urban lots (September 21, 2009)
• David Byrne, stop making sense: your perfect city is just about perfect (September 18, 2009)
• What makes the Jardin du Luxembourg work so well? (September 16, 2009)
• NOAA launches terrific new web site and report on coastal smart growth (September 14, 2009)
• Suburbs imagined but not necessarily far-fetched . . . (September 11, 2009)
• Streetcars are popping up all over! (September 10, 2009)
• Smaller cities can benefit from revitalization, too (September 9, 2009)
• Block parties - mini-festivals of community (September 8, 2009)
• More on farmland conversion in Maryland (September 6, 2009)
• Does this look like a good place for smart growth development? (September 4, 2009)
• Can a Walmart anchor transit-oriented revitalization? (September 3, 2009)
• Provocative car pic of the day (September 2, 2009)
• Boston’s Asian CDC builds community from the ground up (September 1, 2009)
• Apocalypse Now in Nebraska: Meet Carhenge (August 31, 2009)
• Vancouver gets creative with density (August 28, 2009)
• Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make my . . . driveway grow? (August 27, 2009)
• Denver's Aria raises the bar for smart, sustainable neighborhoods - with prefab construction! (August 25, 2009)
• CEOs for Cities’ Velocity: American Dream 2.0? (August 24, 2009)
• Smart growth and active aging: EPA’s informative new guide (August 21, 2009)
• LEED-ND deserves our enthusiastic support (August 20, 2009)
• Smart growth must become more demanding, more community-oriented, and greener (literally) (August 18, 2009)
• Great short video on greening smart growth with living nature (August 17, 2009)
• Distracted driving is also an environmental issue (August 14, 2009)
• Great community places: America’s favorite farmers’ markets! (August 13, 2009)
• The Reburbia project – a very cool suburban design competition (August 12, 2009)
• The anti-community “community” (August 11, 2009)
• The Smarter Cities project would like your help in improving its criteria for ranking US cities (August 10, 2009)
• Boycotting Dolly’s Tennessee mountains to keep pollution alive (August 7, 2009)
• Has lousy planning contributed to “the lost wilderness of childhood”? (August 6, 2009)
• How a great public space anchors a great city neighborhood: DC's Dupont Circle (August 5, 2009)
• Walk Score is helping homebuyers find convenient locations! (August 4, 2009)
• How to fix local transit and road planning (August 3, 2009)
• Oberstar delivers a history lesson and imagination on transportation reform (July 31, 2009)
• School sprawl is alive and kicking in Durham (July 30, 2009)
• Architecture on hallucinogens (video) (July 29, 2009)
• Dallas light rail expansion will bring $4 billion in benefits, says new study (July 28, 2009)
• Giving new meaning to sports "training" (July 27, 2009)
• Awesome choice - Shelley Poticha to take sustainability post at HUD (July 24, 2009)
• City living in an age of hyper-security: it’s not what it used to be (July 24, 2009)
• Dogs breed neighborhood civility, so why can’t we all just get along? (July 23, 2009)
• Meet Glenwood Park, Atlanta's new showcase neighborhood of smart growth and green design (July 22, 2009)
• “Mystifying” story in the Post about crime in cities (July 21, 2009)
• Cities are “going green,” says a new report, but missing the most important issues and opportunities (July 20, 2009)
• The future housing market looks good for smart growth, says Business Week (July 17, 2009)
• The Obama administration’s remarkable week on sustainable cities, smart growth and revitalization (July 16, 2009)
• City gardens that respect the urban fabric (July 15, 2009)
• DC's great revitalization story: Columbia Heights (video) (July 14, 2009)
• Green infrastructure in smart growth, beautifully illustrated (July 13, 2009)
• So, is it an advanced car? A living room on wheels? The end of the world as we know it? You decide. (July 10, 2009)
• Nice video on Curitiba's car-free main street (July 9, 2009)
• Biking, walking to school illegal in Saratoga Springs (July 8, 2009)
• Copenhagen’s 10-point plan for a pedestrian-friendly city (July 7, 2009)
• Revitalizing abandoned buildings in Old North St. Louis (July 6, 2009)
• WSJ: McMansions aren’t what they used to be (July 3, 2009)
• They are stardust. They are golden. But are they right about “shrinking cities”? (July 2, 2009)
• Streets for seniors: a video look at issues and remedies (July 1, 2009)
• Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill (June 30, 2009)
• Great principles for “smart growth schools” (June 29, 2009)
• Cut'n'Paste Cities and "Design a Livable Street" - fun interactivity (June 26, 2009)
• New Urban News: “Containing development at the fringe” is the way to reduce CO2 (June 25, 2009)
• Farmland worth saving (photo essay) (June 24, 2009)
• Revitalizing Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine (Part 4: making it green) (June 23, 2009)
• New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively (June 22, 2009)
• US transit cities in-the-making (June 19, 2009)
• Transportation Secretary LaHood leads the way on sustainability (June 18, 2009)
• The Future Scotland debates: can architecture “set our souls free”? (June 17, 2009)
• EPA joins exciting HUD/DOT partnership on sustainable communities (June 16, 2009)
• Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine, national model in the making (Part 3: making impressive progress) (June 15, 2009)
• New mapping vividly illustrates the effect of transit on automobile dependence (June 12, 2009)
• Is Detroit (the city) a lost cause environmentally? Altogether? (June 11, 2009)
• Enviros should applaud NYC’s impressive new guidelines for complete, green streets (June 10, 2009)
• Urban solar: can the Windy City become the Sunny City? (June 9, 2009)
• Revitalizing Over-the-Rhine (Part 2: building on the neighborhood’s assets) (June 8, 2009)
• Tempe's stunning new transportation hub - It's the way to go (June 5, 2009)
• Nice short videos about NYC's High Line (June 4, 2009)
• Your future bus stop could look like this (June 3, 2009)
• Revitalizing Over-the-Rhine (Part 1: the legacy and the challenge) (June 2, 2009)
• Transforming our cities, a Q&A with yours truly (June 1, 2009)
• The Academy of Pediatrics' statement on kids' health and the built environment, along with a guest's small-town reverie (May 29, 2009)
• New report: how city parks can support affordable housing (May 28, 2009)
• Dramatic new maps of CO2 emissions per household (May 27, 2009)
• Housing starts on a graph, or more evidence that we’re due for a new paradigm (May 26, 2009)
• Can smart growth and urbanist design enhance military life? (May 25, 2009)
• Prevention's "25 best walking cities" in the US (May 22, 2009)
• Deconstructing sprawl (literally) (May 21, 2009)
• Faith-based environmentalism: an interview with Michael Abbaté (Part 2) (May 20, 2009)
• Faith-based environmentalism: an interview with Michael Abbaté (Part 1) (May 19, 2009)
• NatGeo surveys countries' transit use: guess who comes in last (May 18, 2009)
• Guest post: preservation (and environmental) advocates must consider the context of our advocacy (May 15, 2009)
• What traffic congestion looks like from above (May 14, 2009)
• Life without cars in Vauban, Germany (May 13, 2009)
• Federal stimulus threatened to overrun small town with sprawl (May 12, 2009)
• Really fun short video about sprawl and urbanism (May 11, 2009)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 3) (May 9, 2009)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 2) (May 8, 2009)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 1) (May 7, 2009)
• Downsizing the footprint with Tiny Texas Houses (May 6, 2009)
• Putting the "UD" in HUD - sustainably (May 5, 2009)
• Emeryville’s platinum-certified neighborhood, on its way (May 4, 2009)
• Sidewalks are good for your health – and so are neighborhood amenities (May 1, 2009)
• US cities fare poorly in international “quality of life” rankings (April 30, 2009)
• DC reduces its municipal fleet under innovative car-sharing scheme (April 29, 2009)
• Considering the role of density in smart growth (April 28, 2009)
• Robert Cervero on cities, choices, and transit-oriented development (April 27, 2009)
• Two new films about sprawl (April 24, 2009)
• Philadelphia’s new green bank, ready for business (April 23, 2009)
• Five unsung heroes for the earth! (April 22, 2009)
• Agri-sprawl: "farming is the new golf" (April 21, 2009)
• Another great revitalization-in-progress: Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (April 20, 2009)
• Chris Leinberger on the transformation of our built environment (April 17, 2009)
• A photo & video update on Old North St. Louis, one of the country’s best revitalization stories (April 16, 2009)
• Development that is both transit-oriented AND transit-derived! (April 15, 2009)
• Awesome presentation by Howard Frumkin on healthy communities (April 14, 2009)
• Giving new meaning to “green” transit (April 13, 2009)
• When the real estate market recovers, smart growth will claim a larger share. Here’s why. (April 10, 2009)
• Terrific post by Jacobean on LEED and sprawl (April 8, 2009)
• Making a worn-down place into a smart, hospitable neighborhood (April 7, 2009)
• Go Spartans (April 6, 2009)
• When is your city’s "transportation freedom day"? (April 3, 2009)
• Walmart, McCain forge new alliance to fight sprawl (April 1, 2009)
• Another model for retrofitting suburbia: the university campus (March 31, 2009)
• Strong central cities may help in weathering the recession (March 30, 2009)
• Rhode Island group urges economic development that capitalizes on revitalization opportunities (March 27, 2009)
• It’s time to adjust to the new metropolitan reality (continued) (March 26, 2009)
• How a world-class transit line works - in Los Angeles! (March 25, 2009)
• Seattle's Green Factor, absorbing rainwater and softening the urban landscape (March 24, 2009)
• Virginia adopts innovative smart streets rules (March 23, 2009)
• How smart growth protects watersheds, and how green infrastructure can make it even better (March 20, 2009)
• New census numbers confirm that sprawl is losing its grip (March 19, 2009)
• US Housing and Transportation Secretaries announce groundbreaking partnership for sustainable communities (March 19, 2009)
• Dark Stores: Brian Ulrich's haunting photos of a suburbia that was (March 18, 2009)
• Ireland’s eco-village at Cloughjordan (March 17, 2009)
• The United States of Transit Cutbacks (March 16, 2009)
• An excellent choice: John Frece to head EPA's smart growth office (March 13, 2009)
• Planning with Legos(r) – or, I may not like reality, but I love Reality Check (March 13, 2009)
• Creative resourcefulness: Kansas City's "Container Home" (March 12, 2009)
• Positive energy + bikes + art = vibrant community in E-Ho, LA (March 11, 2009)
• Preserving & upgrading rental housing for community sustainability (March 10, 2009)
• Railway carriage charm: has high-speed rail’s moment arrived? (March 9, 2009)
• Bringing regions together for cooperation and planning would promote sustainability (March 6, 2009)
• How municipal costs rise with sprawl (March 5, 2009)
• Is the greenest neighborhood the one that is already built? (March 4, 2009)
• Sprawl's share of new US housing starts has declined dramatically, says EPA (March 3, 2009)
• Ten great American neighborhoods, by APA (March 2, 2009)
• Does light rail improve neighborhood satisfaction? Maybe so, says a new Utah study (February 27, 2009)
• Nashville's Gulch - the next Music City Miracle? (February 26, 2009)
• Vacant storefronts - they're not just for ghost towns anymore (February 25, 2009)
• In sustainable communities, architecture, and preservation, does beauty matter? Should it? (February 24, 2009)
• EPA’s new green building report is really good, but stops short of what it should have been (February 23, 2009)
• Transit needs financial support now, but will states & locals deliver? A tale of two cities (February 20, 2009)
• Stress is not a walk in the park (February 19, 2009)
• An in-depth look at location, transportation, and affordability (Part 2: real-world comparisons) (February 18, 2009)
• An in-depth look at location, transportation, and affordability (Part 1: ULI analyzes a metro region) (February 17, 2009)
• Rethinking the trailer park as affordable urban housing (February 16, 2009)
• Beyond the stimulus: whither communities in the next transportation bill? (February 13, 2009)
• How efficient is your mode of transportation, really? (February 12, 2009)
• LEED-ND: why it matters, where it stands, and why enviros need to pay attention (February 11, 2009)
• President Obama: "The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over" (February 10, 2009)
• The two Americas on display in DC and Vegas houses (February 10, 2009)
• The Jevons paradox and why more efficient cars won’t solve our emissions problems (February 9, 2009)
• Connected streets save lives, says new research (February 6, 2009)
• Life is good in Santa Monica - is there a lesson for the rest of us? (February 5, 2009)
• Episcopal Sisters are building a green convent in the city (February 3, 2009)
• The wild, the innocent, and the Walmart shuffle: we dropped the ball, says the Boss (February 2, 2009)
• Transforming the market for development location (January 30, 2009)
• Railbanking works: light rail approved for DC 'burbs (January 29, 2009)
• New meaning to "self park" and other creative parking solutions (January 28, 2009)
• We must pay more attention to coastal development and sea level rise (January 27, 2009)
• The real relationship between driving and transit - are we becoming more sustainable, or not? (January 26, 2009)
• Brookings: The suburbs as we think of them are vanishing (January 23, 2009)
• Eden Prairie’s new plan irks Walmart (January 22, 2009)
• Absolutely shameless self-indulgent post (I can't help it) (January 21, 2009)
• Mr. President, Michelle, Malia, Sasha: Welcome to our city (January 21, 2009)
• Parks for revitalization - Dr. King would approve, I think (January 19, 2009)
• Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009 (January 17, 2009)
• Inside NRDC's new smart growth web feature: how it works (January 16, 2009)
• Visions for transforming America: NRDC launches exciting new web feature! (January 15, 2009)
• Watch this space! (January 14, 2009)
• Maryland wants to rejuvenate the state's smart growth efforts. Good idea. But. (January 13, 2009)
• I don't think they meant it THAT way (January 13, 2009)
• More on suburban retrofit, from the NY Times (January 12, 2009)
• Is promoting home ownership good policy? If so, this can help (January 12, 2009)
• More on Charlotte's urban renaissance, stimulated by transit (January 9, 2009)
• Apologies for the light posting . . . (January 8, 2009)
• Huge timber company backs off plans to develop Montana forest land (January 6, 2009)
• A new perspective on auto dependence: it hurts drinkers, too (January 6, 2009)

• "Cities" may not matter as much as we think - regions and neighborhoods are where things actually happen (November 1, 2010)
• "Culturally appropriate, healthy and affordable housing" for Native American communities (April 6, 2012)
• "Equity is the way forward" - discussions on race and America's future (November 4, 2010)
• "Give green" this year for sustainable communities (December 14, 2011)
• "Growing Wealthier" report shows how smart growth can enhance prosperity (January 19, 2011)
• "Katrina Cottages" find post-Katrina uses as affordable housing, educational facilities, offices, & more (July 11, 2011)
• "The essence of urbanism" (December 21, 2010)
• "The most sustainable trip is the one you never had to take in the first place" (August 26, 2011)
• "Your commute is killing you" (June 3, 2011)
• 'Agricultural urbanism' that actually is urban (July 6, 2010)
• 'Baseball-oriented development' hits a home run in DC (May 14, 2012)
• 'Building a better block' demo is changing a Dallas neighborhood (August 31, 2010)
• 'Green cities' in the US and Canada, kind of (conclusion: CO2, energy, waste, buildings, air, water, governance) (July 7, 2011)
• 'Green cities' in the US and Canada, kind of (part 1: overall, land use, and transportation evaluations) (July 5, 2011)
• 'Maximizing urban cores' vitality and infrastructure must be the basis for any definition of sustainability' (August 23, 2010)
• 'Neighborhoods Go Green!' in highly educational exhibit at AIA (March 28, 2011)
• 'Net zero' living with a green home in a walkable, historic neighborhood (July 29, 2011)
• 'Peace Gardens' bring needy communities together, 'saving our own neighborhood' (August 9, 2010)
• 'Portlandia' send-up of the 'tiny house' movement (March 29, 2013)
• 'The power of the post-industrial city' (February 7, 2012)
• 'Urban farming' is not always the right answer (May 20, 2010)
• 'Urbanized' the movie - looks promising (September 29, 2011)
• 'Weed bombing' turns blight to bright in Miami (December 8, 2011)
• 'Welcome to Shelbyville': a community of immigration challenges, faith and hope (September 10, 2010)
• 10 emerging city neighborhoods (August 29, 2011)
• 10 principles for livable transportation, by Jan Gehl & Walter Hook (June 28, 2010)
• 10 principles for making high-density cities better (February 13, 2013)
• 10 steps to a "slow home" for more sustainable living (January 11, 2011)
• 11 US cities honored as "walk-friendly": Seattle ranks first (May 4, 2011)
• 20 questions to guide the delivery of a great neighborhood (January 14, 2011)
• 2011 Eco-Everest expedition begins, with a mission (April 11, 2011)
• 5 graphs and 4 photos tell the story on obesity, diabetes & walking (March 28, 2012)
• 5 provocative ways to think about cities & neighborhoods (June 22, 2011)
• 5 videos that could change the way you see cities (April 11, 2012)
• 5 ways that local groups and citizens can use LEED-ND (January 24, 2011)
• 50 ideas for better cities (May 3, 2011)
• A "complete street," circa 1906 (March 25, 2010)
• A beginning agenda for making smart growth legal (July 27, 2011)
• A birds-eye view of new suburbia (January 20, 2010)
• A city on the move (January 5, 2012)
• A close look at a smart growth icon: Denver's Highlands' Garden Village (Part 1) (July 20, 2010)
• A close look at a smart growth icon: Denver's Highlands' Garden Village (conclusion) (July 21, 2010)
• A close-up look at a revitalization district (Indianapolis, part 2: the challenges) (November 19, 2009)
• A developer's video tour of a smart, green neighborhood (March 4, 2011)
• A dog's-eye view of what makes a walkable neighborhood (April 19, 2011)
• A family copes with the unexpected costs of sprawl (video) (October 26, 2010)
• A fiscal conservative's manifesto against sprawl (September 18, 2012)
• A fresh take on intersection crossings for people (April 14, 2011)
• A fresh take on texting while driving, which you shouldn't (September 2, 2011)
• A friend's manifesto for free-market sustainability (April 19, 2012)
• A garden for the elderly fosters a personal brand of sustainability (October 11, 2010)
• A growth plan that means something (in Seattle) (June 10, 2011)
• A high-tech corporate giant strengthens a walkable, transit-accessible neighborhood (March 14, 2012)
• A living wall in London (May 10, 2011)
• A local lesson in transit orientation, walkability and supermarket economics (March 8, 2010)
• A look at "seven keys to stronger community" (October 22, 2012)
• A low-income community taps homegrown leadership for a brighter future (October 17, 2012)
• A modest set of community principles for the President's second term (November 7, 2012)
• A musical & visual homage to one of our greatest city parks (October 7, 2011)
• A neighborhood tour of green infrastructure to control runoff (March 22, 2011)
• A new Native American village based on tradition helps a Tribe reclaim its sustainable roots (February 8, 2012)
• A new perspective on auto dependence: it hurts drinkers, too (January 6, 2009)
• A new twist on property rights - the strange case of squatters' sovereignty (March 25, 2013)
• A pedestrian braves the challenges of sprawl (January 10, 2011)
• A photo & video update on Old North St. Louis, one of the country’s best revitalization stories (April 16, 2009)
• A portrait of a neighborhood in transition (September 2, 2010)
• A post for Independence Day: America the welcoming (July 3, 2012)
• A powerful statement in the form of urban folk art: Detroit's amazing Heidelberg Project (August 2, 2011)
• A recovering engineer posts a photo of "sustainability" (December 9, 2010)
• A remarkable grassroots revitalization matures and thrives in Boston (March 26, 2012)
• A salute to one of the good guys in public health, Andy Dannenberg (January 18, 2011)
• A second winner at this year's Super Bowl: the walkable downtown (February 10, 2012)
• A short walk reveals the simple delights of cities worth loving (May 22, 2012)
• A sign that walkers and cyclists need more respect (July 1, 2011)
• A spectacular green neighborhood is brewing in Milwaukee (September 22, 2011)
• A spiffy green waterfront begins to take shape in DC (January 19, 2012)
• A strong case for a rail- and transit-oriented California (January 9, 2012)
• A sustainable community in County Galway (March 17, 2011)
• A tale of two cities in Florida, where walkability trumps sprawl – again (March 23, 2010)
• A trip to Sustainaville (March 9, 2011)
• A true conservative takes aim at pretenders who defend sprawl (March 12, 2010)
• A very impressive two weeks for the federal sustainability partnership (October 22, 2010)
• A video mini-lesson in smart growth, conceived and realized (December 14, 2010)
• Absolutely shameless self-indulgent post (I can't help it) (January 21, 2009)
• Accommodating the multiple purposes of streets (video) (January 28, 2011)
• Addressing the environmental paradox of smart growth: a gallery of green density (April 12, 2010)
• Affordable housing in a "gypsy wagon" (January 31, 2012)
• Agri-sprawl: "farming is the new golf" (April 21, 2009)
• Alex Steffen has some fighting words about sprawl (February 4, 2010)
• All aboard: Cincinnati voters emphatically reject anti-streetcar measure (November 4, 2009)
• Amazing street art that enlivens cities (August 27, 2010)
• Amazing subway architecture (December 15, 2009)
• Amazing video perspective on Los Angeles, filmed for French TV in 1969 (September 13, 2012)
• Amazing, animated film clip showing a city's evolution (March 3, 2010)
• Ambitious, revitalizing arts district goes green in Syracuse (February 9, 2011)
• America's best cities for public transportation (April 26, 2012)
• America's favorite farmers' markets (October 12, 2010)
• An Indy neighborhood could become a model of smart, green revitalization – so where are the enviros? (November 2, 2009)
• An affordable housing enclave that fits in, strengthens a neighborhood, and protects the environment (January 14, 2013)
• An amazing, entertaining vision for greening Rio's working port (April 26, 2013)
• An excellent choice: John Frece to head EPA's smart growth office (March 13, 2009)
• An icon of local farming disappears: "Tearing Down Rosebank Farms" (January 27, 2011)
• An in-depth look at location, transportation, and affordability (Part 1: ULI analyzes a metro region) (February 17, 2009)
• An in-depth look at location, transportation, and affordability (Part 2: real-world comparisons) (February 18, 2009)
• Analysis proves that even small towns and rural areas have locations eligible for LEED-ND honors (September 14, 2010)
• And, on the eighth day, God created transit (February 7, 2013)
• Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009 (January 17, 2009)
• Animating Dallas: "I feel like I'm in Austin" (May 18, 2011)
• Animating the street with astonishing music (October 10, 2011)
• Another great revitalization-in-progress: Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (April 20, 2009)
• Another model for retrofitting suburbia: the university campus (March 31, 2009)
• Apocalypse Now in Nebraska: Meet Carhenge (August 31, 2009)
• Apologies for the light posting . . . (January 8, 2009)
• Apple invests in public transit - with impressive, stylish results (November 2, 2010)
• Apps for the environment (November 3, 2011)
• Architecture matters, still (October 25, 2011)
• Architecture on hallucinogens (video) (July 29, 2009)
• Are Main Streets a thing of the past? Is that OK? (February 4, 2013)
• Are shop windows endangered as a species? (May 24, 2010)
• Are some women foregoing transit because of fear? (February 23, 2010)
• Are you ready for the country? Rural communities & smart growth (conclusion) (August 4, 2010)
• Are you ready for the country? Rural communities & smart growth (part 1 of 2) (August 3, 2010)
• Arts-driven revitalization in Kentucky - yes, Kentucky (December 17, 2010)
• As good and important as it is, LEED can be so embarrassing (January 18, 2013)
• As we lose shopping malls, are we losing something sacred? (December 2, 2009)
• Assembling the green facts to support preservation (March 7, 2011)
• Australia outlines national city design principles (November 2, 2011)
• Awesome choice - Shelley Poticha to take sustainability post at HUD (July 24, 2009)
• Awesome little video on the case for smart growth (May 27, 2011)
• Awesome presentation by Howard Frumkin on healthy communities (April 14, 2009)
• Back to the farm: subdivision land now reverting to agriculture (November 16, 2011)
• Backyard cottages absorb density while maintaining neighborhoods (May 27, 2010)
• Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods (May 14, 2010)
• Bank of America supports affordable green neighborhoods with grant program (June 1, 2012)
• Barbie gets a green roof (August 11, 2011)
• Before the (next) deluge: Midwestern floods remind us of sprawl's toll (April 24, 2013)
• Best US cities for living car-free? None of the above, really (November 18, 2011)
• Best practices for smart, sustainable community development: presentation (March 22, 2010)
• Beware the Ides of March Madness: brackets based on walkable urbanism (March 15, 2010)
• Beyond the stimulus: whither communities in the next transportation bill? (February 13, 2009)
• Bike lanes 2.0: now or soon in a city near you (June 4, 2012)
• Bikes I have enjoyed photographing (November 12, 2010)
• Biking, walking to school illegal in Saratoga Springs (July 8, 2009)
• BioMilano dreams a lusher, greener metropolis (January 10, 2012)
• Birmingham neighborhood takes a stand for walkability - and wins (June 29, 2010)
• Block parties - mini-festivals of community (September 8, 2009)
• Blog post number 1000: A gallery of walkability (January 30, 2012)
• Blumenauer on a bike, talking bikes and cities (April 8, 2010)
• Bold, smart, green vision proposed for Raleigh (October 13, 2009)
• Boston’s Asian CDC builds community from the ground up (September 1, 2009)
• Boycotting Dolly’s Tennessee mountains to keep pollution alive (August 7, 2009)
• Brightening the city’s (and NRDC’s) streetscape (May 5, 2010)
• Brilliant use of GIS to show impacts of discrimination, disinvestment & sprawl (October 27, 2010)
• Bringing regions together for cooperation and planning would promote sustainability (March 6, 2009)
• Brookings: The suburbs as we think of them are vanishing (January 23, 2009)
• Builders of Hope creates community through innovative approach to preservation, sustainability, jobs and affordable housing (November 16, 2010)
• Building community by painting the town with street art (July 5, 2012)
• Building resilient cities and towns with fiscal conservatism (October 4, 2011)
• CEOs for Cities’ Velocity: American Dream 2.0? (August 24, 2009)
• California air board sets enforceable targets for smart planning (September 28, 2010)
• California, Maryland, New Jersey on the right track to curb transportation emissions; other states, not so much (December 15, 2010)
• Calvert Investments: Production homebuilders don't bother much with smart growth (January 26, 2011)
• Can Ontario deliver the continent's best land-use plan? (January 26, 2012)
• Can Phoenix be greened? (November 8, 2011)
• Can US communities learn from this European suburban retrofit? (February 22, 2012)
• Can a Walmart anchor transit-oriented revitalization? (September 3, 2009)
• Can collaboration substitute for authority in solving regional problems? (May 1, 2012)
• Can communities foster wellness of body, mind and spirit? (January 3, 2011)
• Can grassroots planning save what's best of a rapidly suburbanizing community? (December 9, 2011)
• Can people live in harmony with nature on the Galapagos? (November 15, 2012)
• Can quality of life be mapped? (April 19, 2013)
• Can smart growth and urbanist design enhance military life? (May 25, 2009)
• Can the National Mall be re-imagined as a place for people? (April 18, 2012)
• Can the good work of Kansas City's Green Impact Zone be sustained? (December 27, 2012)
• Can this dead suburban mall be transformed into something better? It's complicated. (June 13, 2011)
• Can we balance the old and new as a place evolves? (December 28, 2011)
• Canada Green Building Council acquires smart growth organization, vows to advocate smart growth nationally (June 2, 2010)
• Car costs may hinder the ability of households to save (June 27, 2011)
• Cartoon gives new meaning to 'complete streets'! (April 10, 2012)
• Celebrating the autumnal city (October 26, 2012)
• Celebrating the vernal city (photo essay) (April 15, 2011)
• Central cities now growing faster than suburbs, confirming trends for walkable lifestyles, shorter commutes (June 29, 2012)
• Charlotte's Music Factory transforms abandoned mill into lively entertainment district (May 18, 2012)
• Check out our growing video library for smarter, greener communities (July 2, 2012)
• Chicago's spiffy new bike station (April 21, 2010)
• Chris Leinberger on the transformation of our built environment (April 17, 2009)
• Chuck's advice: lead with the financial case for smart urbanism (May 28, 2010)
• Cincinnati re-opens spectacular park in revitalizing historic district (July 12, 2012)
• Cincinnati students plan redevelopment area of Brazilian city for the next World Cup (July 29, 2010)
• Cincinnati voters clear the way for streetcar, joining national trend (November 10, 2011)
• Cities and the ecology of "people habitat" (March 27, 2013)
• Cities are “going green,” says a new report, but missing the most important issues and opportunities (July 20, 2009)
• Cities, sustainable placemaking, & the careful use of words (September 5, 2012)
• Citizen participation in the design of sustainable communities (May 16, 2012)
• City crime continues to drop, especially where diversity is strong (July 8, 2011)
• City crime drops to lowest rate in 40 years - partly because of revitalization? (May 26, 2011)
• City gardens that respect the urban fabric (July 15, 2009)
• City living in an age of hyper-security: it’s not what it used to be (July 24, 2009)
• City places that inspire romance (a gallery of walkability, part 2) (February 13, 2012)
• Cleaning the air with smart growth (September 16, 2010)
• Cleaning the urban environment with "sustainable backyards" (October 2, 2012)
• Cleveland cooperative delivers on green jobs (October 20, 2011)
• Climate ride rolls strong for clean transportation and a healthy planet (May 24, 2012)
• Coercion by contract: how homeowners associations stifle expression, sustainability (February 19, 2013)
• Coming to America: immigration and sustainable communities (May 9, 2011)
• Community art or community development? Yes and yes, in Houston's inspiring Project Row Houses (September 20, 2012)
• Community memorials to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (photo essay) (January 17, 2011)
• Complete streets policies are gaining popularity across the country (April 27, 2011)
• Cong. Blumenauer launches Livable Communities Task Force (October 21, 2009)
• Connected streets matter, or why Rachel still fears German Shepherds (September 30, 2011)
• Connected streets save lives, says new research (February 6, 2009)
• Connecting neurons and neighborhoods: kids' health and urban planning (April 12, 2011)
• Considering the role of density in smart growth (April 28, 2009)
• Constructing a city around the concept of happiness (March 5, 2010)
• Contemplating Earth Day at 40: a journey for the environment, from NIMBY to YIMBY (April 15, 2010)
• Copenhagen’s 10-point plan for a pedestrian-friendly city (July 7, 2009)
• Could Buenos Aires be a model for thinking about US cities? (by Lee Epstein) (January 10, 2013)
• Could El Paso become a model of thoughtful smart growth planning? (January 20, 2011)
• Creative resourcefulness: Kansas City's "Container Home" (March 12, 2009)
• Crown Square poised to showcase restoration progress in Old North St. Louis (May 17, 2010)
• Culture clash, or culture convergence? Rightist survivalism meets green urbanism (January 28, 2013)
• Cut'n'Paste Cities and "Design a Livable Street" - fun interactivity (June 26, 2009)
• DC area's LEED-ND projects, mapped (June 22, 2010)
• DC charity develops large rooftop garden to serve the city (April 20, 2011)
• DC issues ambitious plan to become "the healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the United States" (February 20, 2013)
• DC reduces its municipal fleet under innovative car-sharing scheme (April 29, 2009)
• DC zoning update seeks to legalize, encourage better neighborhoods (February 23, 2012)
• DC's great revitalization story: Columbia Heights (video) (July 14, 2009)
• Dallas Cowboys implode for smart growth (April 19, 2010)
• Dallas light rail expansion will bring $4 billion in benefits, says new study (July 28, 2009)
• Dark Stores: Brian Ulrich's haunting photos of a suburbia that was (March 18, 2009)
• Data confirm lack of supermarket access in poor neighborhoods (November 11, 2010)
• Data summaries show walkable communities are good for our health, and for business, too (April 13, 2012)
• David Byrne, stop making sense: your perfect city is just about perfect (September 18, 2009)
• David Dixon, leader of 2013's top city planning firm, on what makes cities great (March 12, 2013)
• Dear America, we need more public transportation (December 1, 2011)
• Deconstructing sprawl (literally) (May 21, 2009)
• Denver redevelopment sets new standards for community engagement & analysis (June 7, 2012)
• Denver's Aria raises the bar for smart, sustainable neighborhoods - with prefab construction! (August 25, 2009)
• Designing communities for health: tools and resources (November 29, 2010)
• Designing healthy communities with Dr. Richard Jackson (January 20, 2012)
• Detroit's prospects may be better than we think (May 30, 2012)
• Development that is both transit-oriented AND transit-derived! (April 15, 2009)
• Diamond in the rough, or a futile attempt to engineer walkability (November 14, 2011)
• Dick Jackson, articulate and passionate on health & the built environment (April 16, 2010)
• Dick Moe's legacy for history, community, and sustainability (June 8, 2010)
• Dignity by design: rebuilding a historic neighborhood where some risked all for their humanity (October 28, 2010)
• Distracted driving is also an environmental issue (August 14, 2009)
• Distressed city neighborhoods need green investment for community, environment (March 19, 2010)
• Do you live in an "eco neighborhood"? This organization wants to know (October 3, 2011)
• Do-It-Yourself streets & neighborhood makeover in London (June 1, 2011)
• Does a sustainable community need a good drinking establishment? (May 31, 2012)
• Does light rail improve neighborhood satisfaction? Maybe so, says a new Utah study (February 27, 2009)
• Does the sustainable communities agenda have something to offer rural America? (December 7, 2011)
• Does this look like a good place for smart growth development? (September 4, 2009)
• Dogs breed neighborhood civility, so why can’t we all just get along? (July 23, 2009)
• Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: moving smart growth forward (February 1, 2010)
• Downsizing for charity: how less became more for one family (January 29, 2010)
• Downsizing the footprint with Tiny Texas Houses (May 6, 2009)
• Dramatic new maps of CO2 emissions per household (May 27, 2009)
• Dreaming of a BIKE Christmas (December 20, 2012)
• Dublin gets spectacular green stadium (June 3, 2010)
• EPA Region 7: "We were just kidding about that sustainability stuff" (April 18, 2011)
• EPA announces "building blocks" for sustainability planning (February 4, 2011)
• EPA announces smart growth award winners: urban, rural & regional planning, plazas, green buildings, & more (December 2, 2010)
• EPA honors seven outstanding community sustainability projects (November 28, 2012)
• EPA invites communities to apply for awards for active aging and smart growth strategies (March 8, 2011)
• EPA joins exciting HUD/DOT partnership on sustainable communities (June 16, 2009)
• EPA's new, interactive green homes site (November 20, 2009)
• EPA’s new green building report is really good, but stops short of what it should have been (February 23, 2009)
• Eden Prairie’s new plan irks Walmart (January 22, 2009)
• Educated class flocks to urban environments (December 7, 2010)
• Eight components of a "healing city" (January 12, 2012)
• Embracing immigration for workforce and economic development (February 25, 2013)
• Emeryville’s platinum-certified neighborhood, on its way (May 4, 2009)
• Emory University's impressive commitment to sustainability (April 4, 2011)
• Energy efficiency (including smart growth) is essential to economic recovery (July 7, 2010)
• Enviros should applaud NYC’s impressive new guidelines for complete, green streets (June 10, 2009)
• Episcopal Sisters are building a green convent in the city (February 3, 2009)
• Essays on community sustainability: my favorite posts of the year (December 29, 2011)
• Estimating the impacts of smart growth: the importance of forecasting traffic correctly (July 1, 2010)
• Ever wonder what happens to your trash? (January 13, 2012)
• Evocative images of cities past, 'reclaiming the urban memory' (September 9, 2010)
• Exemplary smart, green development will complement the historic character of medieval Weilburg (October 28, 2009)
• Extraordinary images of ordinary community places (February 16, 2011)
• Faith-based environmentalism: an interview with Michael Abbaté (Part 1) (May 19, 2009)
• Faith-based environmentalism: an interview with Michael Abbaté (Part 2) (May 20, 2009)
• Farmland worth saving (photo essay) (June 24, 2009)
• Federal officials, other leaders stress “sustainable communities” at national planning forum (November 5, 2009)
• Federal stimulus threatened to overrun small town with sprawl (May 12, 2009)
• Financial Opportunity Centers help transform distressed areas into stronger communities (July 23, 2010)
• Five green community stories to watch in 2013 (January 2, 2013)
• Five unsung heroes for the earth! (April 22, 2009)
• Five ways to rock the Irish green on St Paddy's day (March 15, 2013)
• Fixing sprawl with baby steps, one parking lot at a time (September 27, 2012)
• Fixing suburbs with green streets that accommodate everyone (December 20, 2011)
• Flip This Town! Wauconda, Washington sold on eBay (April 30, 2010)
• Florida county links density & conservation to restrict mining, protect water supply (November 3, 2009)
• For Earth Day: the majesty of the northern lights (April 22, 2011)
• For Halloween, the Duke and Duchess of LEED (October 31, 2011)
• For walkability and community, put the building on the street and the parking in back (April 20, 2010)
• For walkable cities, it's not about the density - it's about finding the right kind of density (March 4, 2013)
• Forget plastics - think water (March 22, 2011)
• Free downtown transit could be the key to economic investment (January 22, 2010)
• Free webcast on funding green city infrastructure & retrofits (May 17, 2011)
• Freeways without futures (March 31, 2011)
• From elephant to estuary: does the 2013 European Green Capital have something to teach US cities? (December 17, 2012)
• Fun short video gives new meaning to 'market transformation' (April 2, 2010)
• Gallup: nearly 4 in 10 Americans fear walking alone at night (November 10, 2010)
• Geography of housing recovery favors cities and walkable neighborhoods (October 26, 2011)
• Getting to yes on the right kind of suburban change (by Lee Epstein) (October 9, 2012)
• Giving new meaning to sports "training" (July 27, 2009)
• Giving new meaning to “green” transit (April 13, 2009)
• Giving to the street (for walkability & sustainability) (May 4, 2010)
• Go Spartans (April 6, 2009)
• Great archival photos of US cities (August 2, 2010)
• Great cities celebrate the season (December 21, 2012)
• Great city characteristics make us happier. Unless they don't. (May 8, 2012)
• Great community places: America’s favorite farmers’ markets! (August 13, 2009)
• Great for Prince George's to (finally) get a Wegmans. But . . . (October 25, 2010)
• Great green uses for wasted infrastructure (June 20, 2011)
• Great infographic on benefits of public transportation (July 17, 2012)
• Great principles for “smart growth schools” (June 29, 2009)
• Great public spaces make great holiday places (December 20, 2010)
• Great short video on greening smart growth with living nature (August 17, 2009)
• Green "living walls" come indoors - including at NRDC (September 23, 2011)
• Green Metropolis: David Owen’s urban manifesto (September 29, 2009)
• Green cities explained in a fun cartoon video for kids! (April 5, 2013)
• Green development award program honored for outstanding achievement (November 15, 2011)
• Green homes, services provide opportunity and pride for veterans (November 12, 2012)
• Green infrastructure in smart growth, beautifully illustrated (July 13, 2009)
• Green, supportive housing for veterans should become a national model (March 15, 2012)
• Greening America's capital cities (January 30, 2013)
• Guess the density – you might be surprised (February 5, 2010)
• Guess what DOESN'T stay in Vegas: sprawl (March 9, 2012)
• Guest post: 'Meeting of the Minds' for resilient cities (September 27, 2011)
• Guest post: preservation (and environmental) advocates must consider the context of our advocacy (May 15, 2009)
• HRH the Prince of Wales on building a better community – in Wales (April 13, 2010)
• HUD builds impressive record of support for smarter community planning (December 5, 2012)
• HUD launches Sustainable Communities Resource Center (February 16, 2012)
• HUD to use LEED-ND criteria in judging federal grant competitions (May 21, 2010)
• Habitat partners with state, private sector to build affordable LEED-ND project in Oakland (November 17, 2009)
• Haiti update: Mourning, builder, architects donate emergency homes, work for more (March 2, 2010)
• Happy Birthday, and Welcome (July 4, 2010)
• Happy CYCLING holidays (more fun photos) (December 22, 2009)
• Has lousy planning contributed to “the lost wilderness of childhood”? (August 6, 2009)
• Has the automobile era jumped the shark? (April 14, 2010)
• Has your favorite phrase jumped the shark? The vocabulary of community-building (January 11, 2013)
• Haunting images of a fallen town, 'large enough to matter, small enough to impact' (Braddock, Part 1) (October 13, 2010)
• Have yourself a merry TRANSIT Christmas (December 22, 2010)
• Have yourself a merry TRANSIT Christmas! (December 16, 2011)
• Have yourself a merry transit Christmas (fun photos!) (December 21, 2009)
• Helsinki goes underground to save space, emissions (April 6, 2011)
• Hey, Copenhagen: climate protection must include smart, walkable neighborhoods (December 14, 2009)
• Hi, I’m Kaid, proud to be an 'avid cyclist' (March 26, 2010)
• Hidden public spaces in San Francisco, London in 2050, Nebraska in a field, and other ‘strange maps’ (February 3, 2010)
• Hilarious video on gated community versus smart growth (+ an extra on 'kayak-oriented development') (November 15, 2010)
• Honoring a sustainability champion who 'repairs the fabric of communities' (November 9, 2012)
• Households in transit-oriented locations save more energy and emissions than even 'green' households in sprawl (February 24, 2011)
• Housing market strengthens for smart growth: dramatic new data from the DC area (April 26, 2010)
• Housing preference analysis: we have too much large-lot housing, too little urban housing to meet demand (May 2, 2011)
• Housing starts on a graph, or more evidence that we’re due for a new paradigm (May 26, 2009)
• How Barcelona is becoming a leader in solar energy (November 1, 2012)
• How California is planning growth for a prosperous economy and clean environment (September 25, 2012)
• How Hamburg became the European Green Capital (November 21, 2011)
• How I'm thinking about people habitat these days (July 23, 2012)
• How LEED-ND identifies the best places for development and planning (September 13, 2010)
• How LEED-ND works, step-by-step - evaluating a low-carbon development (August 24, 2010)
• How Melbourne sets an example for urban livability (April 29, 2011)
• How Thanksgiving is really about contaminated property, and other strange, recent product pitches (November 24, 2009)
• How a California city is cleaning up, building green, & protecting residents from pollution (October 6, 2011)
• How a great public space anchors a great city neighborhood: DC's Dupont Circle (August 5, 2009)
• How a rain garden cleans industrial pollution (January 25, 2012)
• How a small community is becoming greener - with help from some important friends (September 19, 2011)
• How a tough neighborhood is building a stronger future with vivid public art (November 16, 2012)
• How a world-class transit line works - in Los Angeles! (March 25, 2009)
• How and why we should green parking facilities (March 29, 2012)
• How cities are like tomatoes (December 12, 2011)
• How city lights change the way we experience places (February 15, 2013)
• How cleanup and redevelopment of city brownfields reduces pollution (September 21, 2011)
• How communities across America are creating a brighter future with help from the feds (June 28, 2012)
• How communities can support walkability and be recognized for it (September 10, 2012)
• How creative entrepreneurs are enlivening Miami's Little Havana (September 14, 2012)
• How efficient is your mode of transportation, really? (February 12, 2009)
• How far will we walk to go somewhere? It depends. (July 30, 2012)
• How garage & basement apartments help people, neighborhoods and the environment (August 31, 2011)
• How green infrastructure is making cities more sustainable & hospitable (October 11, 2011)
• How immigrants are revitalizing America’s fading suburbs (April 23, 2010)
• How much urbanism is enough? (January 13, 2011)
• How municipal costs rise with sprawl (March 5, 2009)
• How not to build a high-rise (February 25, 2010)
• How parks can help revitalize distressed neighborhoods (March 16, 2011)
• How pocket parks may make cities safer, more healthy (November 23, 2011)
• How pro sports are helping to green cities (September 12, 2012)
• How retrofitting a California suburb for walkability is spurring economic development (January 4, 2013)
• How smart growth protects watersheds, and how green infrastructure can make it even better (March 20, 2009)
• How smart growth reduces emissions (June 2, 2011)
• How sprawl is like Bernie Madoff (June 24, 2011)
• How sprawl worsens the impacts of drought and how smart growth can help (July 19, 2012)
• How the evolving housing market will help sustainable communities (April 4, 2012)
• How the hell did we let this happen? Cleveland, then and now (September 14, 2011)
• How to fix local transit and road planning (August 3, 2009)
• How to keep smart growth affordable: build more of it (October 15, 2009)
• How to retrofit failing suburban big-box stores into a green showcase (March 12, 2012)
• How to save save half a million acres in Maryland and set an example for elsewhere (January 21, 2010)
• How to start transforming sprawl with shared personal vehicles (February 3, 2012)
• How to strengthen a town with prudent investment and common sense (January 25, 2011)
• How to use LEED-ND to improve an older neighborhood (October 16, 2012)
• How walkable neighborhoods increase home values, illustrated (December 17, 2009)
• How walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods help seniors (June 5, 2012)
• Huge timber company backs off plans to develop Montana forest land (January 6, 2009)
• I don't think they meant it THAT way (January 13, 2009)
• I wish AIA didn’t define ‘green’ so narrowly (April 28, 2010)
• If the world's population all lived in one city, how big would it be? (June 28, 2011)
• If you care about cities, return that new iPad (March 13, 2012)
• If you're out on your bike tonight, consider trying this (December 12, 2012)
• Images and a song for this day (January 16, 2012)
• Images from the world's 10 (or 11) most walkable cities (November 23, 2010)
• Images of hope from a town where 'reinvention is the only option' (Braddock, Part 2) (October 14, 2010)
• Imaginative suburban retrofits among winners in 'Build a Better Burb' contest (October 8, 2010)
• Imagining cities as a kid growing up in the Bible Belt (September 28, 2011)
• Implementing sustainable practices on key urban issues (August 15, 2011)
• Impressive Denver study on equity & transit should become national model (May 4, 2012)
• Impressive public-private-NGO partnership begins to clean up an urban river (April 8, 2013)
• In improving communities, small steps can make a big difference (October 29, 2009)
• In surprise move, House leaders propose national land use legislation (April 1, 2011)
• In sustainable communities, architecture, and preservation, does beauty matter? Should it? (February 24, 2009)
• In the wake of the spill, planning for resilience (October 5, 2010)
• Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make my . . . driveway grow? (August 27, 2009)
• Inclusive revitalization at its best: Melrose Commons in the South Bronx (January 18, 2010)
• Indianapolis can still be a winner in smart growth (part 3 of the Indy revitalization series) (February 8, 2010)
• Industry analysis says future is brighter for urban retail than for suburban (April 13, 2011)
• Industry study: Americans want smart growth (April 7, 2011)
• Industry survey confirms developers shifting to smart growth (October 6, 2010)
• Innovative East LA high school features urban planning and community engagement (November 19, 2010)
• Inside NRDC's new smart growth web feature: how it works (January 16, 2009)
• Instantly see average transportation costs, emissions for any location (August 13, 2010)
• Instead of building new green places, let’s green the ones we have (January 26, 2010)
• Interactive map shows where Americans are moving (March 30, 2011)
• Interested in how to think about city parks? Get this book (May 7, 2010)
• Interested in sustainable buildings and places? There's an app for that (May 16, 2011)
• Ireland’s eco-village at Cloughjordan (March 17, 2009)
• Is 'gentrification' always bad for revitalizing neighborhoods? (October 19, 2011)
• Is Detroit (the city) a lost cause environmentally? Altogether? (June 11, 2009)
• Is it over for suburban corporate campuses? (May 31, 2011)
• Is it time for "smarter smart growth"? (May 1, 2013)
• Is placemaking a "new environmentalism"? (April 23, 2012)
• Is promoting home ownership good policy? If so, this can help (January 12, 2009)
• Is the greenest neighborhood the one that is already built? (March 4, 2009)
• Is there a downside to "intelligent cities" or "smart cities"? (March 3, 2011)
• Is there a way to (downtown) San Jose? (by Lee Epstein) (May 6, 2013)
• Is this the world's greenest neighborhood? (August 24, 2011)
• It doesn't have to be low-density to be sprawl (August 6, 2012)
• It's a most wonderful time for city places (December 21, 2011)
• It's in the data: sprawl begets more sprawl (February 7, 2011)
• It's official: HUD's exciting new sustainability program (February 5, 2010)
• It's time to update the definition of "smart growth" (December 6, 2010)
• It's unanimous: El Paso commits to a smarter, greener future (March 8, 2012)
• It’s time to adjust to the new metropolitan reality (continued) (March 26, 2009)
• Job creation through smart land use & transportation (September 3, 2010)
• Kaidslist: the trendy Ins and Outs of smart growth & sustainability (February 15, 2011)
• Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone: making great use of stimulus funds (September 28, 2009)
• Key ingredients for a successful "social town center" (February 11, 2011)
• Kids’ perspective on safe walkability (February 18, 2010)
• Knowing when it's green: A Citizen's Guide to (LEED for) Neighborhood Development (May 25, 2011)
• LA’s Eco-Village: a venture in intentional community and sustainability (April 27, 2010)
• LEED awards show why ‘green’ criteria need reform (January 11, 2010)
• LEED for Neighborhood Development formally launches to promote smart, sustainable land use (April 29, 2010)
• LEED-ND deserves our enthusiastic support (August 20, 2009)
• LEED-ND: why it matters, where it stands, and why enviros need to pay attention (February 11, 2009)
• Laissez les bons temps rouler - the musical soul of a city (February 21, 2012)
• Lancaster County has a stellar comprehensive plan: now to implementation (December 7, 2009)
• Land conservation, smart growth and the environment (December 6, 2011)
• Le Tour reminds us why we love Paris (July 26, 2010)
• Leaving Las Vegas: facts and images from the desert mega-bust (November 9, 2010)
• Legislation introduced to bring healthy food to distressed neighborhoods (December 3, 2010)
• Lessons from the Sun Belt: replacing sprawl with smart growth requires sustained commitment (March 4, 2010)
• Lessons in neighborhood planning and architecture, from history and today (December 1, 2010)
• Let's link the working rural landscape to the sustainability agenda (with Lee Epstein) (March 1, 2012)
• Let's play Urbanology! (September 9, 2011)
• Libraries as green community and neighborhood anchors (January 31, 2011)
• Life is good in Santa Monica - is there a lesson for the rest of us? (February 5, 2009)
• Life without cars in Vauban, Germany (May 13, 2009)
• Living City Block, retrofitting a DC neighborhood to become an environmental model (December 8, 2010)
• Living green above the big box (November 18, 2009)
• Living in a fool’s paradise (April 1, 2010)
• Living smart and well in a “20-minute neighborhood” (October 27, 2009)
• Living the low-car lifestyle (January 17, 2012)
• Lloyd Alter brings it on the car culture, "gizmo" technology, architecture, green lifestyles, & cities (February 11, 2013)
• London's showcase of sustainable living (July 24, 2012)
• Long Island municipality fights back to save energy retrofits (August 10, 2010)
• Looking for a model of a walkable, green, community-serving school? Start here. (July 20, 2012)
• Loving a place to death . . . or not: communities near our great land- and waterscapes (by Lee Epstein) (July 25, 2012)
• Madness: the NCAA Sweet Sixteen decided by Walk Score! (March 20, 2012)
• Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer suburbs may “lack staying power” (November 10, 2009)
• Making a worn-down place into a smart, hospitable neighborhood (April 7, 2009)
• Making cities healthier (and livelier) with a 'walking school bus' and vitality makeover (November 1, 2011)
• Managing the increasing urbanization of Washington: sensitivity required (May 29, 2012)
• Managing traffic (or not) on the waterways of Venice (May 25, 2012)
• Mapping a walkable lifestyle - the web of daily life (September 22, 2010)
• March Madness for urbanists! (March 14, 2011)
• Maryland gives smart growth another push (September 7, 2011)
• Maryland wants to rejuvenate the state's smart growth efforts. Good idea. But. (January 13, 2009)
• Massachusetts takes a step for smart neighborhoods, workforce housing (November 20, 2012)
• Massive database provides a wealth of information to support transit-oriented development (October 18, 2010)
• Maybe the best little video yet on smart neighborhood-building (September 20, 2010)
• Measuring community sustainability: how do we know if we're on the right path? (June 21, 2012)
• Measuring life quality: the Boston Indicators Project (May 13, 2013)
• Meet America's most diverse neighborhoods - some may surprise you (February 27, 2013)
• Meet Glenwood Park, Atlanta's new showcase neighborhood of smart growth and green design (July 22, 2009)
• Meet the modern American family (November 21, 2012)
• Meet the nation's biggest landlord (and developer) (with Lee Epstein) (February 6, 2013)
• Memorial Day, considered (May 30, 2011)
• Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally (May 12, 2010)
• Miami 21 leads the way on zoning reform (January 7, 2010)
• Milwaukee bounces back, sustainably (October 5, 2009)
• Mitigating the environmental paradox of smart growth: softening urban density (November 26, 2012)
• More on Charlotte's urban renaissance, stimulated by transit (January 9, 2009)
• More on Rose Town (October 8, 2009)
• More on farmland conversion in Maryland (September 6, 2009)
• More on suburban retrofit, from the NY Times (January 12, 2009)
• More on the Ninth Ward: Musicians’ Village strikes an optimistic chord (October 20, 2009)
• More on the decline of sprawl, from MSN (October 9, 2009)
• More on the semantics of sustainability: is it time to reframe the 'triple bottom line'? (September 8, 2010)
• More walkable urban development is good. But is it good enough? (January 18, 2012)
• Most important analysis of land use you'll see all year: CNT proves benefits of smart growth nationwide (March 24, 2010)
• Mountaintop removal offends my core (February 24, 2012)
• Moving off welfare by rehabbing vacant properties for homes, job skills (September 13, 2011)
• Mr. President, Michelle, Malia, Sasha: Welcome to our city (January 21, 2009)
• Musings on vacation sites, consumption, and resilient communities (July 16, 2010)
• My favorite posts of 2010, from the very personal to the very cosmic (December 28, 2010)
• My kind of shopping mall retrofit (December 23, 2010)
• My place on the earth (April 22, 2010)
• NFL & LISC assist community sports facilities with grant program (July 13, 2011)
• NOAA launches terrific new web site and report on coastal smart growth (September 14, 2009)
• NRDC launches new environmental website for the New York City region (January 7, 2011)
• NRDC, CNU launch potentially "historic" agreement to control sprawl, rebuild cities (April 1, 2013)
• NYC's celebrated High Line park is crime-free, and the city's urbanism is a reason why (June 15, 2011)
• Nashville's Gulch - the next Music City Miracle? (February 26, 2009)
• Nashville's new hypergreen riverfront park (April 27, 2012)
• Nashville's promise for a greener transportation future (February 15, 2012)
• NatGeo surveys countries' transit use: guess who comes in last (May 18, 2009)
• National arts partnership steps up big for community revitalization (June 12, 2012)
• National models of inclusive revitalization, smart planning, green building honored by EPA (December 2, 2011)
• Nationwide data show how transportation costs hurt families, better planning can help (February 28, 2012)
• Never mind the Prius – the new chic is going car-free entirely (October 26, 2009)
• New California report shows well-planned land use could dramatically reduce pollution, household costs (June 24, 2010)
• New DC data confirm real estate recovery strongest in central & transit-served locations (March 26, 2013)
• New HUD grants will help communities pursue sustainability (November 22, 2011)
• New Orleanians, rebuilding with sustainability (NOLA resilience Part 3) (May 13, 2011)
• New Urban News: “Containing development at the fringe” is the way to reduce CO2 (June 25, 2009)
• New York state moves to align new infrastructure with smart growth (November 9, 2009)
• New book ‘Green Community’ defines and illustrates sustainable neighborhoods, towns, cities (November 13, 2009)
• New census numbers confirm that sprawl is losing its grip (March 19, 2009)
• New data confirm European transportation habits are much greener than those in US cities (October 27, 2011)
• New data on the missed opportunity of the stimulus (December 1, 2009)
• New data on walkable neighborhoods, cities (August 1, 2011)
• New data show how transit corridors reduce traffic, increase walking (August 17, 2011)
• New evidence that city trees reduce crime (June 13, 2012)
• New evidence that smart growth may reduce local congestion as well as overall driving (June 8, 2012)
• New housing forecast mostly good for walkable communities (May 17, 2012)
• New mapping vividly illustrates the effect of transit on automobile dependence (June 12, 2009)
• New meaning to "self park" and other creative parking solutions (January 28, 2009)
• New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively (June 22, 2009)
• New online guide highlights the (sometimes hidden) beauty of Washington, DC (September 24, 2012)
• New report: how city parks can support affordable housing (May 28, 2009)
• New reports and resources emphasize steps communities can take to improve health (June 19, 2012)
• New research confirms central-city comebacks (December 18, 2012)
• New retail model promotes community equity (April 5, 2011)
• New survey shows Americans think they are great drivers. But . . . (August 5, 2011)
• New wetlands park replaces brownfield in distressed neighborhood (February 27, 2012)
• New, comprehensive database launches to help improve energy efficiency of buildings (March 11, 2011)
• Nice short video on walkable street design (October 7, 2010)
• Nice short videos about NYC's High Line (June 4, 2009)
• Nice video on Curitiba's car-free main street (July 9, 2009)
• Nine low-tech steps for community resilience in a warming climate (March 22, 2012)
• Oberstar delivers a history lesson and imagination on transportation reform (July 31, 2009)
• Official review finds environmental benefits from additional homes near Silicon Valley jobs (December 15, 2011)
• Old is the new green: renovating for sustainability (June 15, 2010)
• Older homes are holding their value far better than newer ones (January 4, 2011)
• Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction (October 6, 2009)
• Organic farm prepares veterans for jobs in sustainable agriculture (November 11, 2011)
• Our failure to create more meaningful communities for aging in place (October 4, 2012)
• Outstanding urbanism, transit, & state-of-the-art green infrastructure, beautifully mixed (June 6, 2011)
• Outstanding walkability/livability presentation by DC planning staff (February 28, 2010)
• Paradise in a parking lot: is history still history if it is relocated? (February 17, 2010)
• Parks for people, and people for parks (April 28, 2011)
• Parks for revitalization - Dr. King would approve, I think (January 19, 2009)
• People Habitat: great city places (November 7, 2011)
• Personal income stats: older cities in the East & Midwest are rebounding (February 1, 2011)
• Philadelphia plan aims high for vitality, resilience (September 16, 2011)
• Philadelphia will add new neighborhood-scale parks as part of ambitious green vision (December 10, 2010)
• Philadelphia's lively new park-in-phases creates a "front porch" for residents, commuters, visitors (August 9, 2012)
• Philadelphia’s new green bank, ready for business (April 23, 2009)
• Photos of willful ignorance that people need to walk, ride transit and bicycle (June 7, 2010)
• Planning with Legos(r) – or, I may not like reality, but I love Reality Check (March 13, 2009)
• Poll finds overwhelming US support for improved public transportation – slideshow summary (April 7, 2010)
• Poll shows that Americans like planning, after all. But the details are messy. (June 18, 2012)
• Popularity of walking, bicycling for transportation soars (June 21, 2010)
• Positive energy + bikes + art = vibrant community in E-Ho, LA (March 11, 2009)
• Preserving & upgrading rental housing for community sustainability (March 10, 2009)
• Preserving a sense of place in LA's Little Tokyo (April 9, 2012)
• President Obama: "The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over" (February 10, 2009)
• Prevention's "25 best walking cities" in the US (May 22, 2009)
• Principles of sustainable housing, from the Smart Growth Network (June 9, 2010)
• Promoting people-oriented development around transit (May 21, 2012)
• Provocative car pic of the day (September 2, 2009)
• Pruitt-Igoe and lessons from the failure of postwar housing policy (March 2, 2012)
• Public transit is for everyone, dogs too (August 13, 2012)
• Pursuing nonsprawling city growth with major brownfield redevelopment: the Sacramento Railyards (October 19, 2012)
• Putting the "UD" in HUD - sustainably (May 5, 2009)
• R.I.P. Abe Pollin, the man who improved downtown (November 25, 2009)
• Railbanking works: light rail approved for DC 'burbs (January 29, 2009)
• Railway carriage charm: has high-speed rail’s moment arrived? (March 9, 2009)
• Rave on, Jim Kunstler (March 10, 2010)
• Re-calibrating green building certification in two cartoons (June 23, 2011)
• Real-time transit info comes to a smart phone near you (December 11, 2009)
• Really fun short video about sprawl and urbanism (May 11, 2009)
• Rebuilding Haiti, quickly and thoughtfully (February 16, 2010)
• Rebuilding an affordable, sustainable community in Galveston (November 29, 2011)
• Rebuilding downtown from scratch: striking images and a video from Christchurch (June 22, 2012)
• Rebuilding the Ninth Ward: does architecture matter? (October 14, 2009)
• Recession spurs creative temporary uses of urban lots (September 21, 2009)
• Reconciling cities with water scarcity (January 23, 2012)
• Recycled land and shipping containers make a lively city market (August 8, 2011)
• Redrawing the American City: sprawl and smart growth in Chicago (January 6, 2010)
• Reflecting national central-city trends, DC population rises while crime plummets (January 5, 2010)
• Reflections from Eric Britton on how art, walkability, transportation, and shared experience nourish us (March 29, 2010)
• Reid Ewing on travel and the built environment (July 2, 2010)
• Relax, Outer Banks: NC state legislature outlaws sea level rise (July 9, 2012)
• Remaking a suburb for the creative class (October 21, 2010)
• Report highlights exemplary clean water practices in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, other cities (November 17, 2011)
• Residents of award-winning, transit-oriented development say no to transit (February 2, 2011)
• Resource: making cities "livable and lovable" (April 21, 2011)
• Response to the spill must include smarter land use, transportation (June 23, 2010)
• Rethinking the trailer park as affordable urban housing (February 16, 2009)
• Retrofitting inner-city neighborhoods for energy efficiency (October 1, 2012)
• Retrofitting suburban cul-de-sacs: start with trails (October 22, 2009)
• Revitalization in the third world: Rose Town, Jamaica explores healing through restoration (October 7, 2009)
• Revitalization with palm trees: the green revival of Northwood (September 29, 2010)
• Revitalization, regions, neighborhoods, equity, preservation, transportation, sustainability, and more: October-November blog highlights (November 22, 2010)
• Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine, national model in the making (Part 3: making impressive progress) (June 15, 2009)
• Revitalizing Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine (Part 4: making it green) (June 23, 2009)
• Revitalizing Over-the-Rhine (Part 1: the legacy and the challenge) (June 2, 2009)
• Revitalizing Over-the-Rhine (Part 2: building on the neighborhood’s assets) (June 8, 2009)
• Revitalizing abandoned buildings in Old North St. Louis (July 6, 2009)
• Reviving the post-industrial city without destroying it (July 30, 2010)
• Rhode Island group urges economic development that capitalizes on revitalization opportunities (March 27, 2009)
• Richard Florida joins the skeptics on massive urban demolitions (September 30, 2010)
• Rit Aggarwala on why cities are more environmental solution than problem (July 27, 2012)
• Robert Cervero on cities, choices, and transit-oriented development (April 27, 2009)
• Running freeways through cities has often been a costly mistake. So, what now? (March 5, 2012)
• Rust Belt cities: to avoid more shrinkage, protect & strengthen the core (January 4, 2012)
• Sandy as preview: making communities more resilient to severe climate events (with Lee Epstein) (November 5, 2012)
• School sprawl is alive and kicking in Durham (July 30, 2009)
• Seattle's Green Factor, absorbing rainwater and softening the urban landscape (March 24, 2009)
• See innovative proposals for the Minneapolis waterfront (February 3, 2011)
• See videos of EPA smart growth award winners (December 2, 2011)
• Seeing cities as the environmental solution, not the problem (August 9, 2011)
• Seven rules for sustainable communities (September 17, 2010)
• Shaping shared places to improve cities (November 13, 2012)
• Shipping container "cities" bring creative, funky approach to green construction (May 11, 2012)
• Short film capturing an ecosystem of urbanity (July 19, 2010)
• Show and tell Good magazine why your bus route is the best in America (November 5, 2010)
• Sidewalks are good for your health – and so are neighborhood amenities (May 1, 2009)
• Sign language run amok (March 15, 2011)
• Signs of inspiration and resilience in an inner-city neighborhood (photo essay) (October 5, 2012)
• Signs of life in downtown Detroit (September 20, 2011)
• Simple ideas for healthy, livable cities (March 1, 2011)
• Six sustainable communities stories to watch in 2011 (December 30, 2010)
• Sketches of urbanism and sustainability (September 15, 2010)
• Small town changes: “I watched the growth – it’s become ‘Paradise Lost’ for me” (March 16, 2010)
• Smaller cities can benefit from revitalization, too (September 9, 2009)
• Smaller, more sustainable living in neighborhoods that fit in (January 3, 2012)
• Smart growth and active aging: EPA’s informative new guide (August 21, 2009)
• Smart growth exemplars honored by EPA (December 3, 2009)
• Smart growth in 30 good seconds (June 17, 2010)
• Smart growth investment may be key to small cities' economic vitality (September 15, 2011)
• Smart growth is a start. But it's not enough. (April 24, 2012)
• Smart growth must become more demanding, more community-oriented, and greener (literally) (August 18, 2009)
• Smart growth principles for the 21st century (December 13, 2010)
• Smart growth requires more than transportation thinking (April 8, 2011)
• So, if climate change were a hoax (which it isn't), then what? (July 15, 2011)
• So, is it an advanced car? A living room on wheels? The end of the world as we know it? You decide. (July 10, 2009)
• SoCal's new sustainability strategy is impressive step forward (April 12, 2012)
• Solving sprawl with basketball (reprise) (February 28, 2011)
• Some welcome perspective on Walmart's Sustainability Index (August 2, 2012)
• Song for the day (July 4, 2011)
• Speaking of greening professional sports . . . (November 29, 2010)
• Sprawl's share of new US housing starts has declined dramatically, says EPA (March 3, 2009)
• St. Louis leads with model project for smart, green streets (October 19, 2009)
• State-owned Australian developer seeks to measure whole-community sustainability (January 15, 2010)
• Stay thirsty, my friends: Whisky power is displacing fossil fuels (March 6, 2012)
• Stimulus grant puts NYC’s Moynihan Station on the right track (February 19, 2010)
• Stonehenge assembly instructions (March 19, 2012)
• Streamlining the process for people-oriented streets (June 26, 2012)
• Streetcars are popping up all over! (September 10, 2009)
• Streets for seniors: a video look at issues and remedies (July 1, 2009)
• Strengthening community through interactive street art (NOLA resilience part 2) (May 12, 2011)
• Stress is not a walk in the park (February 19, 2009)
• Striking images of disconnected streets and unwanted sprawl (October 1, 2010)
• Striking images of the illuminated city (May 20, 2011)
• Strip shopping center vacancies at 17-year high (October 12, 2009)
• Strong central cities may help in weathering the recession (March 30, 2009)
• Student project becomes model sustainable community development in Oberlin (May 26, 2010)
• Study identifies 15 US metro regions as leaders in transportation innovation & performance (February 25, 2011)
• Stunning photos of a world-class, walkable city (December 8, 2009)
• Suburban sprawl could destroy up to 34 million acres of forests, says new study (January 8, 2013)
• Suburbs imagined but not necessarily far-fetched . . . (September 11, 2009)
• Supreme Court allows pollution fees on sprawl to continue (October 5, 2011)
• Sustainability in the crazy-quilt world of metro regions (April 30, 2012)
• Sustainable Oakland (January 12, 2011)
• Sustainable communities must embrace the familiar (September 26, 2011)
• Sustainable community building on display at Seattle's Denny Park apartments (May 19, 2010)
• Sustainable places: where the healing can begin (November 3, 2010)
• TPL publishes comprehensive data on city park systems (September 21, 2010)
• Take a virtual bike ride around Winnipeg in this super-fun video! (October 11, 2012)
• Taking revitalization to the next level: Denver’s Living City Block (March 11, 2010)
• Taming the big box: Lynchburg takes a step (October 1, 2009)
• Taming the sound of the city: dealing with noise pollution (May 15, 2012)
• Tassafaronga Village brings affordable gold and platinum to East Oakland (June 30, 2010)
• Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill (June 30, 2009)
• Tax revenue from downtown mixed-use outperforms big-box superstores and malls (July 14, 2010)
• Tempe's stunning new transportation hub - It's the way to go (June 5, 2009)
• Ten affordable neighborhoods-in-progress will design to LEED-ND standards under grant program (November 30, 2010)
• Ten great American neighborhoods, by APA (March 2, 2009)
• Terrific post by Jacobean on LEED and sprawl (April 8, 2009)
• Terrific short video on arts-driven placemaking (June 15, 2012)
• Terrific video on high-speed rail in the Northeast (March 25, 2011)
• Texas (!) becomes first state to adopt new smart street rules (December 10, 2009)
• The 'not so big' neighborhood (August 4, 2011)
• The 'socialist developer' who is saving Mount Morris, NY (August 3, 2011)
• The Academy of Pediatrics' statement on kids' health and the built environment, along with a guest's small-town reverie (May 29, 2009)
• The Atlanta Beltline remains the country's best smart growth story, and these short videos show why (January 13, 2010)
• The Future Scotland debates: can architecture “set our souls free”? (June 17, 2009)
• The Great Convergence (of environmental values) (May 18, 2010)
• The Jevons paradox and why more efficient cars won’t solve our emissions problems (February 9, 2009)
• The Obama administration’s remarkable week on sustainable cities, smart growth and revitalization (July 16, 2009)
• The Plumbers' Law, or how sustainable development helps watersheds (by Lee Epstein) (June 11, 2012)
• The Reburbia project – a very cool suburban design competition (August 12, 2009)
• The Smart Growth Manual: a Review (January 4, 2010)
• The Smarter Cities project would like your help in improving its criteria for ranking US cities (August 10, 2009)
• The Space Between: caring for cities as an expression of faith (October 12, 2012)
• The Sustainable Cities Collective (October 20, 2010)
• The United States of Transit Cutbacks (March 16, 2009)
• The amazing cardboard bike project (September 19, 2012)
• The amazing resurgence of the South Bronx (October 28, 2011)
• The anti-community “community” (August 11, 2009)
• The beautiful game brings dignity to the streets (August 6, 2010)
• The beauty and convenience of oil (June 25, 2010)
• The best infomercial for smart growth you are likely to see (May 6, 2010)
• The best laid schemes gang aft agley: the saga of Salton City (December 4, 2009)
• The best of 2012 in green community solutions: a personal, eclectic list (December 31, 2012)
• The big-box ghosts of shopping past (December 18, 2009)
• The blog in review, 2009: my favorite posts (December 28, 2009)
• The books I keep close at hand (June 30, 2011)
• The case for building on a city's historic assets (April 29, 2013)
• The case for living small (August 16, 2010)
• The case for rentals over homeownership (June 11, 2010)
• The case for restoration of communities and nature, presented with eloquence (video) (January 5, 2011)
• The challenging transformation of Valley Homes: from decay to the beginnings of community (September 17, 2012)
• The citizen as expert: grassroots planning Down East (January 6, 2012)
• The city of the future (January 2, 2012)
• The climate benefits of smart growth may be far greater than we have thought (December 16, 2009)
• The collapse of the "key assumptions" of sprawl (April 25, 2011)
• The colors of a city evening (October 17, 2011)
• The compelling story of the bungalows of Rockaway (October 23, 2012)
• The coolest green infrastructure you are likely to see (November 27, 2012)
• The country's best suburban retrofit: Bethesda Row reaches maturity (January 28, 2010)
• The country's most ambitious smart growth project shows some progress, much remaining potential (July 26, 2011)
• The crumbling of the DC Metro (July 22, 2010)
• The definitive study of how land use affects travel behavior (June 4, 2010)
• The disturbing and sometimes tragic challenge of walking in America (January 16, 2013)
• The earth ship has landed (October 20, 2010)
• The economic importance of metro regions (July 25, 2011)
• The emptiest mall in the world (March 30, 2012)
• The environmental building blocks of urban happiness (February 2, 2012)
• The environmental paradox of smart growth (April 9, 2010)
• The essential elements of green cities (by Lee Epstein) (April 3, 2013)
• The evolution of a rail transit system, illustrated (February 10, 2010)
• The fall - and rise - of small downtown America (by Lee Epstein) (September 7, 2012)
• The fascinating visual rhythms of regional transit (December 6, 2012)
• The future housing market looks good for smart growth, says Business Week (July 17, 2009)
• The geography of persistent unemployment contains some surprises (February 1, 2012)
• The good news: we're getting more city parks. The bad news: we have less money to take care of them. (December 13, 2011)
• The green dividend from reusing older buildings (January 24, 2012)
• The greenest (historic) building is the one that's in the right context (June 16, 2011)
• The greening of America's taxis (December 7, 2012)
• The greening of DC's LeDroit Park neighborhood (featuring a Baptist church, a farm, & HRH The Prince of Wales) (May 5, 2011)
• The greening of Guinness (March 16, 2012)
• The greening of professional sports (November 17, 2010)
• The haunting disappearance of Pine Point, pop. 1200 (October 31, 2011)
• The housing bubble and financial crisis explained, by Stephen Colbert (February 22, 2010)
• The importance of context to green historic preservation (November 8, 2010)
• The importance of legacy to sustainability (November 28, 2011)
• The importance of place to sustainability (July 12, 2011)
• The importance of regional planning that matters (August 12, 2011)
• The importance of transit context and design (September 27, 2010)
• The importance of walkable destinations in an emergency (January 21, 2011)
• The interdependence of successful towns and the rural landscape (April 17, 2013)
• The legacy of 9/11 for community & the built environment (September 12, 2011)
• The link between sustainable farming and sustainable communities (February 20, 2013)
• The link between thriving towns and a sustainable rural landscape (March 18, 2011)
• The long and winding road that made me an environmentalist (October 15, 2010)
• The man who thinks Manhattan isn't dense enough (May 19, 2011)
• The many scenes of Memorial Day (May 28, 2012)
• The messy issue of design in smart growth (January 6, 2011)
• The military case for energy independence (July 6, 2012)
• The nations of North America, revisited and considered (April 5, 2010)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 1) (May 7, 2009)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 2) (May 8, 2009)
• The new LEED-ND standards: what’s new, what’s good, and what’s not (part 3) (May 9, 2009)
• The new economy: work closer, live smaller, connect better (December 30, 2011)
• The night the 'burbs come to town (reprise) (October 29, 2010)
• The opportunity that Apple is missing to build a better neighborhood (July 10, 2012)
• The original 'High Line': la Promenade Plantée in Paris (July 14, 2011)
• The popsicle test, the Halloween test, and neighborhoods for kids (August 22, 2011)
• The power of "creative placemaking" (January 7, 2013)
• The promising urban renaissance of Cherokee Street, St. Louis (March 21, 2011)
• The real relationship between driving and transit - are we becoming more sustainable, or not? (January 26, 2009)
• The remarkable story of Oakland's Fruitvale Transit Village (conclusion) (February 18, 2011)
• The remarkable story of Oakland's Fruitvale Transit Village (part 1) (February 17, 2011)
• The revival of Main Streets (July 9, 2010)
• The right approach to green, inclusive revitalization (May 10, 2012)
• The role of the arts in thriving communities (July 28, 2011)
• The rousing success of DC's Capital Bikeshare (April 26, 2011)
• The seven deadly sins of land use (March 13, 2013)
• The silence of the trams (October 12, 2011)
• The spectacular 'green way' to build affordable housing (October 13, 2011)
• The ten steps of walkability (December 3, 2012)
• The ten worst things about sprawl (October 18, 2010)
• The top 20 urban planning successes of all time (August 11, 2010)
• The two Americas on display in DC and Vegas houses (February 10, 2009)
• The value and practice of smart growth endorsement (February 22, 2011)
• The voices behind a remarkably inclusive green neighborhood-in-progress (December 28, 2012)
• The walk of life – helping Johnny (and Joanie) walk to school (March 31, 2010)
• The wild, the innocent, and the Walmart shuffle: we dropped the ball, says the Boss (February 2, 2009)
• The wonderful world of neighborhood associations: this one will surprise you (February 21, 2011)
• The word "sustainable" is unsustainable (January 27, 2012)
• The world's busiest pedestrian crossing? (May 24, 2011)
• The world’s tallest wooden building (September 25, 2009)
• The year's top smart growth stories (December 29, 2009)
• There must be a there (excerpted from People Habitat) (May 8, 2013)
• These guys are 'mad' about trains (March 10, 2011)
• They are stardust. They are golden. But are they right about “shrinking cities”? (July 2, 2009)
• They don't build them like they used to: Steve Mouzon's Original Green (June 16, 2010)
• Thinking about the economics of sustainable communities (June 14, 2010)
• This day has a purpose (May 31, 2010)
• This is transit-oriented development? (March 8, 2013)
• This once-distressed Philly neighborhood wants to be the city's greenest (June 17, 2011)
• This transit system is also the world's longest art exhibit (April 22, 2013)
• This week's sign of the apocalypse (July 12, 2010)
• Three visual perceptions of residential density (May 21, 2010)
• To aid NOLA recovery, tear down the expressway & restore the neighborhoods (August 30, 2010)
• To promote recycling on the street, make it fun (October 30, 2009)
• Tools to help cities and towns guide green development (March 7, 2012)
• Toronto's leadership for green roofs (April 25, 2012)
• Traffic explained, then fixed in 4 entertaining minutes (April 17, 2012)
• Transforming a derelict city building into vertical gardens for nearby residents (February 20, 2012)
• Transforming our cities, a Q&A with yours truly (June 1, 2009)
• Transforming the market for development location (January 30, 2009)
• Transit needs financial support now, but will states & locals deliver? A tale of two cities (February 20, 2009)
• Transit stars in 3 kinetic time-lapse minutes from Zurich (May 10, 2013)
• Transit-based industrial development (March 2, 2011)
• Transit-oriented development requires more than transit and development (January 25, 2010)
• Transportation Secretary LaHood leads the way on sustainability (June 18, 2009)
• Turning abandoned and obsolete properties into "park-oriented development" (April 20, 2012)
• Turning polluting power plants into green neighborhood development (September 8, 2011)
• Two minutes on how to make a healthy city (March 27, 2012)
• Two minutes on updating the American Dream, with Peter Calthorpe (August 3, 2012)
• Two new films about sprawl (April 24, 2009)
• Two wheels good for the planet: Climate Ride (October 24, 2011)
• ULI gives strong endorsement to California smart growth law (June 10, 2010)
• US Housing and Transportation Secretaries announce groundbreaking partnership for sustainable communities (March 19, 2009)
• US cities fare poorly in international “quality of life” rankings (April 30, 2009)
• US homes are right-sizing and greening (November 18, 2010)
• US obesity rates continue to soar, in part because of automobile dependence (May 9, 2012)
• US transit cities in-the-making (June 19, 2009)
• Understanding urbanism, from a Christian theologian (March 29, 2011)
• Upcoming free webinar on water supply & quality issues (March 15, 2011)
• Urban density is good, says Mother Jones; we agree, says Scientific American (June 18, 2010)
• Urban education: the next environmental and smart growth frontier (November 16, 2009)
• Urban farm grows more than food as kids gain work, leadership skills (October 10, 2012)
• Urban habitat demo takes shape in Buffalo (October 21, 2011)
• Urban revitalization is green. Let's make it greener, greater, and more inclusive. (August 10, 2011)
• Urban solar: can the Windy City become the Sunny City? (June 9, 2009)
• Urban stormwater runoff 101, by my NRDC colleagues (August 20, 2010)
• Urbanism in Baghdad: rebuilding Sadr City (February 11, 2010)
• Urbanist bloggers who make me think (February 2, 2010)
• Use it (transit) to lose it (weight) (August 17, 2010)
• Using LEED-ND as a zoning & planning tool (August 26, 2010)
• Using LEED-ND to identify good locations for smart, green development (July 27, 2010)
• Using urban density to support parks, and vice versa (March 9, 2010)
• Vacant storefronts - they're not just for ghost towns anymore (February 25, 2009)
• Vancouver gets creative with density (August 28, 2009)
• Vancouver’s medal-worthy Olympic Village, one of the greenest neighborhoods anywhere (February 12, 2010)
• Vegas on steroids: meet Dubai (September 23, 2009)
• Ventura video illustrates planning for connection, walkability, quality (November 8, 2010)
• Video week: Jane Jacobs on neighborhoods, placemaking & active living (July 21, 2011)
• Video week: a curator's look at a great city neighborhood (July 20, 2011)
• Video week: a tribute to Buffalo (July 18, 2011)
• Video week: does US-style planning and smart growth work elsewhere? (July 19, 2011)
• Video week: the conservation imperative for smart growth (July 22, 2011)
• Video: an ordinary day in the city, graphically analyzed (October 14, 2011)
• Video: how to make walking safer by "daylighting" city intersections (January 8, 2010)
• Virginia adopts innovative smart streets rules (March 23, 2009)
• Visions for transforming America: NRDC launches exciting new web feature! (January 15, 2009)
• Visions show the incredible potential of the Atlanta Beltline (November 4, 2011)
• Visualizing the "edible city" in three minutes (May 3, 2012)
• WSJ: McMansions aren’t what they used to be (July 3, 2009)
• Walk Score gets interactive, makes space for user photos & comments (September 26, 2012)
• Walk Score incorporates transit, real estate industry takes note (November 6, 2009)
• Walk Score is helping homebuyers find convenient locations! (August 4, 2009)
• Walk Score just keeps getting better - check out these new features (November 9, 2011)
• Walkability 101-A, by Roger Lewis (May 10, 2010)
• Walkability 101-B, or why it's good to be connected (May 11, 2010)
• Walkable livability is a small-town value (April 6, 2010)
• Walkable neighborhoods have higher levels of trust, community participation (December 15, 2010)
• Walkers, be careful out there (video) (October 23, 2009)
• Walking is good for us. So why isn't it safer? (August 19, 2011)
• Walmart goes urban: be careful what we wish for? (September 23, 2010)
• Walmart, McCain forge new alliance to fight sprawl (April 1, 2009)
• Want to build development that the community will welcome? Ask them what they want. (April 16, 2012)
• Want to walk to school? Laguna Beach says nope, not here (October 19, 2010)
• Warning: black helicopters on the horizon (or so they say) (March 23, 2011)
• Warning: transit data may not mean what you think they mean (May 23, 2011)
• Washington Post misses the point on inclusionary zoning (July 28, 2010)
• Watch this space! (January 14, 2009)
• Watershed benefits of smart growth duplicate transportation benefits, according to recent research (June 1, 2010)
• We must pay more attention to coastal development and sea level rise (January 27, 2009)
• We will take transit if it meets our needs (IOW, don’t fall for “the fundamental attribution error”) (March 18, 2010)
• We're losing an acre of farmland every minute, according to new data (October 4, 2010)
• What attaches people to their communities? (October 16, 2009)
• What cities should do to become more sustainable and resilient (and it’s not what they are doing currently) (March 30, 2010)
• What criteria should we use to define smart growth locations? (February 24, 2010)
• What do the world's most romantic cities have in common? (reprise) (February 14, 2011)
• What do the world’s most romantic cities have in common? (February 14, 2010)
• What does 'net zero' mean? Sprawl by another name? (August 19, 2010)
• What does 'the pursuit of happiness' mean for communities? (June 29, 2011)
• What does community mean to you? (June 7, 2011)
• What does post-Katrina New Orleans say about cities? About America? (NOLA resilience part 1) (May 11, 2011)
• What does the new economy mean for the shape of communities? (February 6, 2012)
• What good, grassroots advocacy for complete streets looks like (May 3, 2013)
• What if bus stops were designed as if bus stops really mattered? (June 20, 2012)
• What is "infrastructure," anyway? Industry report highlights 100 leading city projects (July 16, 2012)
• What is 'smart growth,' anyway? (August 12, 2010)
• What is a 'sustainable community,' and what does the answer have to do with us? (September 7, 2010)
• What makes a great city street? Consider these examples (September 6, 2012)
• What makes the Jardin du Luxembourg work so well? (September 16, 2009)
• What other cities can learn from Portland (and it’s not just what you think) (September 30, 2009)
• What traffic congestion looks like from above (May 14, 2009)
• What trees mean to communities: more than you may think (July 31, 2012)
• What will become of Pass Christian? The impact of the oil spill on community (May 3, 2010)
• What will become of the most famous road in America? (July 13, 2012)
• What's going on with new home sizes - is the madness finally over? (February 9, 2012)
• What's in a name? Meet the Town Center that is neither. (September 6, 2011)
• What's wrong with this picture? Horribly unsafe street design, for starters (March 23, 2012)
• When affordable housing isn't, really (March 1, 2013)
• When artists are rooted in place: a small-town musician fights for a piece of community history (October 15, 2012)
• When is your city’s "transportation freedom day"? (April 3, 2009)
• When shops and services are within walking distance, we walk more and drive less (January 11, 2012)
• When the real estate market recovers, smart growth will claim a larger share. Here’s why. (April 10, 2009)
• When values collide: balancing green technology and historic buildings (June 25, 2012)
• Where am I? Given crazy jurisdictional borders, it's hard to tell (February 17, 2012)
• Where sprawl still rules (April 11, 2013)
• Where the bike commuters are, mapped & analyzed (August 10, 2012)
• Where we place government buildings matters; the Administration agrees (July 15, 2010)
• Which US cities have the greenest commuting habits? (October 2, 2009)
• Which US metros have the greenest commuting habits? (October 25, 2012)
• Which part of Detroit, if any, really needs "right-sizing"? (June 9, 2011)
• Whisky = Power in Scotland. Really. (June 14, 2011)
• Why I support the DC building height restrictions (November 19, 2012)
• Why doesn't the public health community get it about walkability? (September 1, 2010)
• Why is Apple turning its back on the community? (June 21, 2011)
• Why lovable places matter to sustainability (February 14, 2012)
• Why smarter land use can help cities attract and retain young adults (February 1, 2013)
• Why we do this: a musical tribute to the Irish landscape (March 17, 2010)
• Why we love the places we love - what the research says (November 24, 2010)
• Will EPA's guidelines help communities build walkable schools? (October 18, 2011)
• Will downtown comebacks, entrepreneurs reverse commercial sprawl? (November 30, 2011)
• Will the real green colleges please stand up? (by Lee Epstein) (March 21, 2012)
• Will these talented partners make the definitive revitalization movie? (May 13, 2010)
• Will this historic downtown recover? (photoessay) (May 6, 2011)
• William & Mary plans campus 'eco-village' (December 19, 2011)
• Winners and losers in latest round of federal transit grants (July 13, 2010)
• World history (very) quickly summarized in dazzling short videos (December 16, 2010)
• World's second-largest rooftop farm takes root in Boston (March 7, 2013)
• Wow: animating the city with amazing, kinetic LEDs (November 30, 2012)
• Yes, this really is a city shaped like a rhino (September 24, 2010)
• You don't really need growth to generate sprawl (May 25, 2010)
• Your future bus stop could look like this (June 3, 2009)
• Zoning reform strengthens Nashville's impressive sustainability efforts (February 29, 2012)
• Zoning reform, libertarianism, and the nature of community (February 26, 2010)
• ‘Dangerous by Design’ report faults systematic inattention to pedestrian safety (November 12, 2009)
• ‘Gated communities’ are not necessarily safer (January 14, 2010)
• “Housing First” offers glimmer of hope for homeless veterans, others (November 11, 2009)
• “If you don’t have safe streets, all the light rail lines in the world aren’t going to save your city” (November 30, 2009)
• “Mystifying” story in the Post about crime in cities (July 21, 2009)
• “Smaller homes, urban lifestyles and sustainable communities will shape development” (February 9, 2010)

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