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Wall Street Journal: urban living, smart growth are in demand

June 18, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil

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cities, demographics, gasolineprices, housing, LEED-ND, publictransit, smartgrowth, sprawl, suburbs, urbanliving

 If it’s in the business newspaper of record, you know it’s mainstream.  And, while you read it in this blog four months ago, citing the same experts, it’s nice to know that the WSJ is getting the message: Just as low interest...continued

Ich bin ein Berliner (where they drive less)

May 21, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bicycling, cars, cities, driving, gasolineprices, neighborhood, publictransit, publictransportation, smart-growth, smartgrowth, walkability, walking

  I am in Berlin (and so is the Dalai Lama, or at least so he was on Monday, as I discovered when I encountered his massive crowd).  And so apparently is Paul Krugman, a columnist for the International Herald-Tribune who...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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