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From today to TOD – Impact fees
Walkable Downtown. Photo from the author. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about the hurdles of converting from drivable suburban to walkable urban, with particular reference to the pending...
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Height isn’t density
44 unit-per-acre homes in Washingotn, DC. Image from Google. Much noise has been made over the height of the Civic Center Station Area Plan (SAP), a development emblematic of density battles around the...
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From today to TOD – The next steps
View at E. Washington and Lakeville Streets A few years ago, a poll was taken about which planning departments in the Sacramento area were the most responsive and helpful. The City of Sacramento came...
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Freeways are polluted, but not impossibly so
by cookieevans5, on Flickr It’s common sense that living near a freeway isn’t healthy. The pollution from the cars and grit from the roadway make for what most would term a wholly unpleasant...
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BART TOD: Stoops
Stoop at Pleasant Hill TOD In my last post, I wrote of touring transit-oriented developments (TODs) along the BART system. A friend joined me in the travel. Our goal was to gather insights that might...
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Pleasant Hill BART TOD a mixed bag
Pleasant Hill BART Today. Image from Google Maps. Contra Costa Centre, which is the name used in marketing the transit oriented development near the Pleasant Hill BART station describes itself as an...
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Making car non-ownership seamless
Streetcar in Padua, Italy Convincing people to make lifestyle-changing commitments to transit is a multi-faceted challenge. There are some bright folks who are offering creative solutions. But there...
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Getting urbanism wrong: Transit-adjacency
Richmond BART In my last couple of posts, I argued that urbanism is a potent form of environmentalism, but one that can be easily misapplied. And then I offered examples of urbanism, and...
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The train is coming, are we ready?
SMART train in shop I’ve written before about Friends of SMART. The citizen advocacy group was active in the initial formulation and voter approval of SMART, the coming commuter rail system for the...
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Taking the next step – Opportunities to get involved during the week of June 19
Theatre district in London Another week is nearly upon us, with yet more chances to publicly advocate for urbanist-oriented solutions. It’d be a great week to get involved. Meetings this Week Rohnert...
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