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Local School Removes Sidewalk

April 1, 2010 Restless Urbanist 1 Comment

School Board orders removal of community sidewalk due to the risk it posed to local students. Teachers have been complaining…

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Posted in: communities, Infrastructure, Profession, transportation, walkability Filed under: April's Fool, Bus, Holiday, Safe Routes to School, School, Sidewalks, Walkabilty

Post TARP

March 19, 2010 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

As a recent public servant, I can see the storm on the horizon. It is going to be a very…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Public Policy Filed under: Federal Government, Public Policy, Public Spending, TARP

Lousy World We Built

March 15, 2010 Restless Urbanist 2 Comments

Here are some thoughts I had from a recent blog post by Russell Preston. He recently posted after a lecture…

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Posted in: Bicycling, Infrastructure, Restless, transportation, walkability Filed under: Bicycle, Books, Lecture, Reading, Urbanism

Is the Congress for the New Urbanism really that different then the Tea Party?

February 2, 2010 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

As I watch the Tea Party coverage on CSPAN, the similarities are striking to the National meeting of the Congress…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Colleagues, Congress for the New Urbanism, Public Policy Filed under: Politics, Protests, Tea Party

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

January 10, 2010 Restless Urbanist 1 Comment

Dan Burden continues to expand and save the world. Last month he started the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute. Check…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Colleagues, walkability Filed under: Organizations, WALC, Walkability, Walkable

Bicycle Racks Save Developers Thousands

May 25, 2009 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

Now that I have your attention, I would like to push the importance of bike racks for new development. It…

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Posted in: Developers, parking, Planning, transit, transportation, walkability Filed under: Bikes, Cost Saving, Funding, Parking, Transportation, Urban Tricks

Amtrak, America’s Railroad

November 6, 2008 Restless Urbanist 2 Comments

I recently had the pleasure to ride Amtrak this week. I have taken trains all across Europe in the past,…

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Posted in: rail, transportation, travel Filed under: Amtrak, Rail, Trains, Transportation, Travel

Vending Machines for Bikes

July 23, 2008 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

Finally, the stale potato chips and melted candy bars have been replaced with something you can use. These bike vending…

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Posted in: Bicycling Filed under: Bicycle, Tree Hugger, Trek

Civic Uses

June 15, 2008 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

This is a diagram by Leon Krier. Every time that I work on the master plan for a new community,…

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Posted in: Advocacy, communities, Restless Filed under: Civic, Krier, Public Uses, Town Planning

New Traditionalist

June 14, 2008 Restless Urbanist 1 Comment

Much of my professional work would be labeled as New Traditional. Through out the architectural and planning design process, I…

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Posted in: Architecture, Restless, Urbanism Filed under: Architecture, Classicist, Modernist, Rome, Style, Traditional

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