Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York magazine featured a great story last week on school overcrowding in Manhattan. What struck me -- aside from concerns about how my own kid might fare -- was this passage about the city's failure to anticipate that New...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
"Smart growth" isn't an easy term to explain. And I speak from experience here. For several years, I covered the growth and development beat at The Charlotte Observer, at a time when Charlotte, N.C., was one of the fastest-growing places...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Moving Beyond Oil
This past weekend, my wife and I visited Charlotte, N.C., where we used to live. Charlotte's the kind of spread-out, suburban city where you really can't get by without a vehicle, even when you're in town for just a couple...continued→
