Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Sprawl

Can State DOTs Be Trained to Kick the Sprawl Habit?

By Ben Fried | Sep 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

I had the chance to listen in yesterday to top staffers from USDOT explain their collaboration with HUD and the EPA — the "Partnership for Livable Communities" that was first unveiled in March and touted again by President Obama in July. Three officials, including one of Ray LaHood’s top deputies, Beth Osborne, outlined their plans […]

Joel Kotkin on Smart Growth: The Streetsblog Re-mix

By Elana Schor | Sep 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

When columnist Robert Samuelson published an alarmingly misguided attack on high-speed rail last month, the St. Louis Urban Workshop fired back in a unique fashion: with a "re-mix" of Samuelson’s op-ed that cleverly edited the piece to better reflect reality. Joel Kotkin (Photo: NAF) The format was so intriguing that Streetsblog Capitol Hill couldn’t resist […]

An Urban Planning Tale That Writes Itself

By Elana Schor | Jul 30, 2009 | No Comments

In Fort Myers, Florida, one family is the sole occupant of a 32-story luxury condominium. That is not a typo: That leaves the Vangelakos family splitting their time between New Jersey and a creepy, surreal life in [the] Oasis I [condo]. They’re the only ones using a well-appointed clubhouse, but they can’t watch the big […]

GOPer Offers Alternative Climate Plan: More Nuke, Less ‘Energy Sprawl’

By Elana Schor | Jul 13, 2009 | No Comments

Lamar Alexander (TN), the GOP’s third-ranked leader in the Senate, today unveiled an energy plan that is intended to serve as a counterpoint to the climate change bill being assembled by senior Democrats. His proposal focused largely on one promise: 100 new nuclear plants in the next 20 years. Wind farms require a lot of […]

Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action

By Elana Schor | Jul 8, 2009 | No Comments

When three agencies in President Obama’s Cabinet — DOT, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency — banded together to promote "sustainable communities," the initiative sounded promising but somewhat lacking in concrete ideas. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) attached his green-housing legislation to the recently passed House climate bill. (Photo: AP) Enter a bipartisan […]

New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2009 | No Comments

As livable streets advocates work to make headway in breaking the cycle of American auto dependence, the folks at Planetizen have put together a video narrative that explains how we got here. "The Story of Sprawl," a double DVD set produced by Managing Editor Tim Halbur, is a compilation of historical films dating from 1939 […]

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