The Largest Mistake of Our Generation
For decades, the automobile provided a pathway to economic opportunity and upward mobility. But now the negative consequences — including a reliance on fossil fuels and increased emissions of greenhouse gases; a dramatic increase in the rate of deaths caused by cars[x]; the disconnection of local community and weakening of local economies; the rise... See more
Medium • There Are No Cars in Wakanda
Any rationally minded person understands that the street in front of your home is not an asset for the community. It can’t be picked up and sold to the neighboring town. It can’t be pledged as collateral against a debt. The street is a liability, plain and simple. In the infinite game of running a city, it represents an eternal commitment to ongoin
... See moreCharles L. Marohn • Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
These requirements are then passed from city to city and town to town,15 almost always resulting in the same outcome: too much parking. How much? In 2010, the first nationwide count determined that there are half a billion empty parking spaces in America at any given time.16 More to our purposes, a 2002 survey of Seattle’s Central Business District
... See moreJeff Speck • Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
With auto-based infrastructure needing dramatically more money than is currently available just to maintain what we’ve already built, urban transportation advocates are forced to support lots of additional revenue for roads to get tepid support for walking, biking and transit funding.
Charles Marohn • A World Class Transportation System: Transportation Finance for a New Economy
How do we go in the space of a few years, a few months rather, from 'the future is urban' to 'the death of the city'? A thread on what I think we're getting right and wrong about the current moment