New York City

August Website of the Month: The New York City Streets Renaissance

August 31, 2006

Perhaps I did a little foreshadowing in my previous post on which site would be chosen for the August Site of the Month. The selection for this month is The New York City Streets Renaissance. The NYCSR is a “coalition of community groups, elected officials, business leaders, and concerned citizens from across the five boroughs [...]

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Bogotá, Colombia Hooked on a New Kind of Crack

August 29, 2006

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of Curitiba, Brasil, and governor of Paraná. I had heard many good things about Curitiba, like how he had helped to turn the city around with a superb bus rapid transit system and high density development along transit corridors. His [...]

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Attention Snow-Covered Communities: Shovel Your Sidewalks

December 22, 2005
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