Culture
Cities and Free Markets: The Manufactured American Dream
For some reason or another people seem to associate cities with socialism and suburbs with the capitalist American dream. The notion that the strong middle class created American suburbia has been engraved in our minds for all of recent American history. Contrary to popular belief however, it wasn’t always like this. In fact, as far [...]
The History of the Coffeehouse Conversation
Next time you enter into a coffee shop, just stand up and dive into political discourse by speaking out loud to all the welcoming patrons. This is apparently doing it old school, as London historian Dr. Matthew Green describes in his article in The Telegraph. Dr. Green presents a wonderful story into London past, describing [...]
The Hipsterability Index
If you have thought recently ‘I wonder how hipster my city is,’ hoping that you are catering to this segment of the population, think no longer. With no better judge of hipsterability than Austin, Texas, we are provided a list of the up-and-comers supplying hipsters just the right ingredients to do, whatever it is they [...]
Are days numbered for one-way streets?
While for years many people have favored one way streets as a quick way to get in and out of town, they have come under recent fire as being ineffective and confusing, but new evidence shows that like roundabouts, their negative perceptions fade once implimented. A new look on one-way streets from the National Post [...]
5 Takeaways from “Defend Your Ride”
Towards the end of last year I had the opportunity to produce a blog feature for CBS Detroit called Defend Your Ride (which is why there was a bit of a lull in posting for a while). The segment is being done in numerous cities around the country and I was called on to head [...]
Perceptions on Density: Is it too crowded in Big Sky Country?
Out west lies a massive state with a relatively low population – the big Sky State of Montana. With the population of Montana officially crossing over the 1 million person hurdle, you wouldn’t think there would be much of a fuss. After all, Montana has more senators than it does house representatives (by comparison, the [...]
The Best GOP candidates on High Speed Rail are Newt Gingrich….and Ron Paul?
Later on this evening, Iowa republicans will start to caucus for their nomination for president on the republican ticket. An issue that has been avoided among the candidates thus far has been transportation, so being able to gauge their feelings on the subject has been less then meets the eye. We have seen only the [...]
The road to everywhere: 3 ways we can fight congestion in urban cores
Since the automobile became king of the road in modern civilization, traffic congestion has been a problem in cities around the globe. 103 years after Ford’s first Tin Lizzie found a parking spot, we still struggle with the increasing demands of the automobile. Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t by any stretch an anti-car [...]
The Proximity of Actions
“He who stands unyielding and immovable upon a principle is often a fool, and often bigoted, and usually left standing alone with his principle while other men adjust their differences and go on.” – Bendigo Shafter, in the story by the same name, author Louis L’Amour This article from Q (a Christian website that discusses, [...]
Parks, Open Space, and the Right to Revolution
The Bill of Rights of the New Hampshire Constitution, Article X, reads: [Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, [...]
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