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Why Biking and Walking Advocates Love and Hate the Census

By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On July 29th, 2014

Reposted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog with permission. The American Community Survey (ACS), which is performed every year on a small percentage of the U.S. population, has one question that makes it especially important to biking and walking advocates:

#ForewordFriday: City Life on a Blue Planet Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On July 18th, 2014

The National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, New Zealand. Photo by Chris Zielecki, used under Creative Commons licensing.

Enlisting Cities in Ocean Conservation

By Timothy Beatley / On June 23rd, 2014

Dispatches from the Parks: Summer Visitation: Connecting with Our Heritage

By Robert Keiter / On June 18th, 2014

Yosemite Falls. Photo by Terry Chay, used under Creative Commons licensing.

#ForewordFriday: Better Together Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On June 6th, 2014

Can our infrastructure systems do more if they work together?

The Triumph of Multifamily Housing

By Nico Larco / On May 27th, 2014

Attractive pedestrian paths in Eola Heights, Salem, OR. Photo courtesy Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, and Amanda West.

#ForewordFriday: Multifamily Livability Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On April 25th, 2014

How can multifamily housing be more livable?

New Series: In the Urban World, Juxtapositions Matter

By Charles R. Wolfe / On January 30th, 2014

In an ongoing series, Urbanism Without Effort author Chuck Wolfe argues the importance of the overlaps, overlays and convergence points that define city life, and emphasizes the importance of reading and interpreting their everyday expression.

Contrasting Two Models of How Places Survive

By Charles R. Wolfe / On October 11th, 2013

Two September experiences reminded me of the strength and fragility of urban places, and the inherent ironies of surviving town forms. One such experience was here, at home, while preparing for a keynote address in New Hampshire scheduled for later this month. The other was on the road in southern France.

Making Downtowns Liveable

By Admin / On August 5th, 2013

Harold Henderson of Build a Better Burb interviewed author Ned Crankshaw, author of Creating Vibrant Public Spaces: Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts. He chairs the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Kentucky.

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