Philip Langdon
Rating your location’s walkability
New “Walk Score” system fails on many criteria, but other programs do better.
Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith
By Eric O. Jacobsen In this fascinating new book, the Rev. Eric O. Jacobsen, a minister in Missoula, Montana, argues that Christians should enthusiastically embrace New Urbanism. “To most Christians, the idea of urban planning seems as relevant to faith as the current additions to the American Kennel Association’s list of approved breeds,” Jacobsen concedes in an introduction. He devotes the rest of the book to showing that in fact Christianity has a profound interest in how communities are developed.
Florida reverts to the system that produced 'dumb growth'
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled state legislature approve "measures that would reverse 25 years of growth management law."