Urban Wonk
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Urban Wonk
Can We Quantify a Good Walk?
The factors that make some strolls much more appealing than others.
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Urban Wonk
14 Keys To Building People Friendly Communities
Ideas about creating sustainable places where people actually want to live.
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Urban Wonk
Writing the Rules for Smart Cities
There still isn’t a common language or science of cities for the 21st century, but that could change.
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Urban Wonk
A New Model for Green Schools
A school in Portland, Oregon, is housed in a super-green building. And that's just the beginning.
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Urban Wonk
How Sprawl Makes Droughts Worse
No, it doesn't cause water shortage. But sprawl can exacerbate some of its impacts, in at least two ways.
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Urban Wonk
Batman and Gotham: A Deeply Dysfunctional Love Story
Why the Dark Knight's relationship to his city is unlike that of any other superhero.
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Urban Wonk
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
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Urban Wonk
What Should Become of Route 66?
The old highway could be cleaned up to promote economic vitality in rural communities.
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Urban Wonk
The Shopping Mall Turns 60 (and Prepares to Retire)
The inventor of the suburban indoor mall came to rue his creations. But now they are dying off anyway.
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Urban Wonk
When the Bad Guys Ride Bikes
A spate of injuries and deaths have forced cities to reassess how pedestrians and cyclists interact.
