This really irks me ...  "I absolutely believe in choice," said Wendy Danks, director of marketing for the Builders Association ...

There was an interesting Talk of the Nation episode on NPR about a month ago that discusses how Women as consumers are becoming a greater f...

I've been meaning to weigh in on the debate ( 1 , 2 , 3 and others ) from a while ago on zoning restrictions that cause sprawl and the...

There is a lot to like but a lot to reframe in a recent article in the Austin Chronicle . CAMPO, the local MPO is looking to go a different...

Long Beach is looking at streetcars ~~~ Quatar has a $22B deal with Deutsche Bahn to build freight, passenger, and Metro rail lines using S...

Tonic is one of my favorite bands of all time. And its kind of funny since this was their first song on the radio and in video. Their seco...

I didn't find this so radical . It's not like this isn't done elsewhere. Perhaps it was just a way to spin the story so folks ...

Says Case of the infamous Case-Shilller home price index: Case response when asked about the so-called "American Dream of Homeownersh...

So says an article in the Age . A Greater Melbourne Authority could take control of the city's public transport and help push through mu...

My buddy Tim at Planetizen co-wrote the kid's book on planning. I think it's doing pretty well except for that demon looking pict...

that the subsidization of roads to sprawl are costing us a lot of money? The Federal Highway Administration reported that motorists drove 1...

I believe it looks like the creation of sprawl. If you wanted this to happen, why are you in the city at all? Why not just move to the exu...

What does sprawl mean anymore to anyone? In one day President Obama discusses how important it is to build an interchange and how sprawl ...

Thought this report was a bit interesting. It's buried deep in the weeds here but I was flipping through and found it on page 43. Fro...

For energy . And for development patterns . How do you stop a moving freight train with your bare hands?

We knew he was faking after all of those cuts to transit funding, but give me a freakin break . The Governor plans to circumvent the new Ca...

Siemens will hire 200 workers in Sacramento to build light rail cars. ~~~~~~~ Strip malls offer an opportunity to change our development p...

It's not just here. And it's not just auto dependent. But it's just as expensive . "In 1935, city limits were clearly ident...

Curbed LA has coverage of what other people are saying. I hope to read up on it some more and give my own views soon.

I often wonder why there is a double standard. Many critics of the Portland Streetcar point to its success as a function of subsidies for d...