• A 15-minute city in rural America

    Laramie, Wyoming, is a case study showing that the 15-minute city is a viable concept far from major metro areas.
    Carlo Ratti and Richard Florida have argued that 15-minute neighborhoods and cities are only viable in highly urban areas. 1 In a prior publication, I have argued that 15 minute geographies—neighborhood and city—should be viewed as being composed of 1) a basic Core Area and 2) many larger...Read more

  • Highway transformations funded for New York cities

    The recently passed New York State budget allocates major funds to further in-city highway removal in the Upstate cities of Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, and Buffalo. All projects have been highlighted by CNU in recent years. The budget alots $1.1 billion for removal of I-81 in Syracuse—on top of...Read more

  • Carbon emissions and the Transect

    Transportation is a major source of household carbon emissions, and these emissions are reduced dramatically as Transect zones become more urban, as shown in this slide, presented by Scott Bernstein at CNU 30 in Oklahoma City in late March. I have seen similar correlations of traditional cities...Read more

  • What cities will receive climate migrants?

    A group of urbanists has compiled a list of “receiver cities and towns” from across the US, and identified principles for how communities can become more resilient to climate change.
    In new urbanists circles, there has been talk for years about “receiver cities”—places that are likely to gain migrants as climate change problems grow—but nobody has carefully defined what that means, until now. Place Initiative , an organization of young urbanists focusing on climate and equity,...Read more