Urbanism

• The Death of the Neighborhood Grocery Store

  In essence, this means that in most residential neighborhoods, people don’t have a choice. They are forced to drive to get their groceries.

• New Zealand’s Legalization of Incremental Housing Is Bearing Fruit

• New 241-room hotel proposed for Swanton Way in downtown Decatur

  I’ve been thinking and chatting about this article for the past few days. I think it’s exactly the kind of development we need in Decatur. Decatur is very walkable and has a Marta station. No additional parking means no induced cars, no induced traffic.

• In the Name of Urbanism

  more units of housing anywhere are generally good. What isn’t so good is piling more people into neighborhoods where driving is essentially required. This choice creates congestion while diminishing the very things people crave about cities

• 3 Takeaways From Ivan Illich’s Critique of Cars

  If we really want our cities to be financially strong, equitable, and beautiful containers for human life, we should seriously question this [auto-centric design] status quo. And we can start that process by examining the values and expectations embedded in cars as tools…