Everybody Loves a Parade- October 29, 2005 Not too long ago I saw John Norquist, CEO of the Chicago-based Congress of New Urbanism, give a lecture extolling the virtues of traditional urban design as a remedy for suburban sprawl. One of the New Urbanists' big claims is that sprawling suburbia inhibits the spontaneous social interaction that is essential for vibrant urban life.To demonstrate this point he showed a picture of your standard seven lane suburban arterial highway hosting a parade. It looked like a miserable event: spectators..http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/10/everybody-loves-parade.html "Sustainable" development in Fulton County- October 20, 2005 Metropolitan Atlanta is ground zero of suburban sprawl. Like in other suburban areas throughout North America, the denizens of Atlanta's suburbs have a lovehate relationship with sprawl. They get fed up with the traffic generated by sprawl, elect a governor with a strong regional planning agenda and then promptly dump him when he tries to implement significant policy change. Additionally, as Clark Atlanta University's Robert Bullard has argued, Atlanta's sprawl has the "convenient" side effect..http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/10/sustainable-development-in-fulton.html |