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Q&A With Robert Grow: How Utah Decided to Embrace “Quality Growth”

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 2, 2013 | No Comments

If you’ve ever wondered how a deep-red state like Utah has managed to build some of the most ambitious transit expansions in the country, the short answer is: Envision Utah. Starting in the late nineties, the non-profit Envision Utah brought together an incredibly broad spectrum of interests, including plenty of people without a specific stake in […]

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Alan Durning on Reasons to Be Optimistic About Parking Reform

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 19, 2013 | No Comments

We hope you enjoyed part one of our Q&A with Alan Durning. Durning is publishing a series of articles on his blog at the Sightline Institute — where he serves as executive director — about the ways that underpriced parking drives up rents, eats up space, and makes no sense. A reader asked in the […]

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Alan Durning on the “Ruinous, Vicious Circle” of Underpriced Parking

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 18, 2013 | No Comments

Many people have been inspired by UCLA Professor Donald Shoup’s epic takedown of American parking policy, but few have turned that newfound passion into the kind of scholarship Alan Durning has produced on the issue. The executive director of the Pacific Northwest’s sustainability think tank, Sightline Institute, has now published 12 installments in a series […]

The Livable Streets Leader You’ve Never Heard Of: Leicester, England

By Stephen Miller | Jun 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Leicester is a city of about 330,000 in England’s East Midlands region. Like many other cities, it developed big mid-century plans to drive highways through its city center and paved over much of its historic core. In some cases, it even paved over its history: the bones of King Richard III, killed in battle nearby, […]

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How Better Traffic Models Can Lead to More Mixed-Use Development

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 4, 2013 | No Comments

Here’s another obscure but significant obstacle to building walkable places in America: the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ shoddy traffic generation models for mixed-use development. The model used by traffic engineers around the country to measure “trip generation” at new developments consistently overestimates the amount of motor vehicle traffic produced by mixed-use projects, according to the […]

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Attacking the Language Bias in Transportation Engineering

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 3, 2013 | No Comments

“Improvement.” “Upgrade.” “Level of Service.” The traffic engineering profession is full of buzzwords laden with meaning — and, for the most part, the embedded meaning is something to the effect of “cars are king.” Ian Lockwood, P.E., has been working in the engineering profession for 30 years. He served as the chief transportation official for […]

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