Claudia Dreifus –A CONVERSATION WITH SEPT. 12, 2016 Edward Humes, 59, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose latest book, “Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation,” is a wide-ranging look at the planes, trains and cars that Americans have chosen to rely … Continue reading Edward Humes on How Transportation Overkill Is Killing Us
September 7th, 2016 by Sandy Dechert On Monday, September 7 (the Labor Day holiday in the US), the government of Mexico announced that the nation “south of the border” would soon join the growing ranks of countries that have adopted cap and trade to reduce … Continue reading Mexico Will Launch Carbon Pricing In November
Josh Stephens – September 15, 2016 2016 is more than halfway done, but the year has already produced a bumper crop of books related to cities. This year, authors are exploring imaginative topics and focusing on micro-geographies. Cities are treated as neighborhoods (prosperous and otherwise), … Continue reading A Back-to-School Reading List of Books About Cities
Will our technological advances save us as a species? How much will we continue alter Mother Earth? This is an interesting article about adaptation to climate change, but how much can we adjust will be the real question. Feargus O’Sullivan Sep 7, 2016 Work … Continue reading Venice’s Vast New Flood Barrier Is Almost Here
There is noting MORE American than ingenuity. As we move into a world of autonomous cars, someone had to be first. Here is an article about Uber and the future of mobility. By Heather Somerville When Pittsburgh wakes up on Wednesday morning, some residents will … Continue reading Uber debuts self-driving vehicles in landmark Pittsburgh trial
Laura Bliss Sep 2, 2016 FEMA bases flood insurance rates on the way water behaved in the past. But the atmosphere is changing. Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida last night. Some 200,000 residents have had their power knocked out, and others have been forced … Continue reading The Dangerous Flaw in Flood Risk Maps
Adele Peters 08.29.16 A new apartment building in Sweden doesn’t have any parking spaces. Instead, the developers invested the money that would have gone to a parking garage into creating an ideal place to live for people who don’t want to own a car. “The … Continue reading These Swedish “Bike Apartments” Are Designed For Life Without Cars
May 30 Regarding the May 24 news article “Pace of damage to planet has quickened, U.N. study says”:Urbanization itself is not responsible for the environmental threats facing the world. Unplanned and poorly managed urbanization is.It is important to note the distinction between planned and well-managed … Continue reading Good urban planning can help the environment
By Steve Moyer As University of Tennessee Professor Dorothy Metzger Habel examined architectural archives for 17th-century Rome, she started hearing voices. The many participants in the Eternal City’s building boom at that point — when 30 percent of the workforce was engaged in the construction industry — came to … Continue reading How the Eternal City’s Building Craze Also Bolstered Urban Planning
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