The future has never felt more uncertain. Our economy and our society are built on the premise that most working age people are, in fact, working and earning money. The artificial...
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Worldwide, motor vehicles kill or injure over 21 million people every year. Decades ago, many Europeans realized that car-dominated roadways were not just deadly, but bad for...
Downtowns: Crisis or Opportunity?
The pandemic is over but downtowns are still hurting. As people continue to work remotely, office buildings suffer historically-high vacancy rates. Restaurants and shops that...
Sprawling into Debt
Sprawl is not the solution to the housing crisis. In addition to wasting land, destroying natural and agricultural resources, producing car-dependency, threatening lives, and...
Make America Sprawl Again?
Make America sprawl again? In a New York Times article, entitled “Why America Should Sprawl”, journalist Conor Dougherty argues that sprawl is essential to solving the housing...
Planning for Uncertainty
Many cities now striving to manage growth will soon be trying to reverse population losses or struggling to thrive despite depopulation. There are so many unknowns that some...
Recognizing EcoCitizenry
Ecocities need eco-citizens. Top-down fixes have limits. Meaningful progress toward sustainability also requires changes in the behavior of individuals. The European Commission...
Smaller (and better) Cities
Many cities have been struggling with declining populations for decades. However, depopulation will become widespread in the future, causing panic for mayors who assume that...
Greener and Happier
Vilnius, Lithuania prioritizes happiness in its quest to become a greener city. It seems to be working. The city just began its reign as the 2025 European Green Capital. Most of...
Ecomobility: Learning from Europe
For the past century, most US cities have gone to extremes to accommodate cars. As a result, we have sprawling conurbations well suited to cars but less so for human beings...