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Author Jeff Speck and 10 Reasons to Go Car-Lite

Friday, May 10, 2013 12:06 PM

Jeff Speck has gone from being a city planner and architectural designer to one of the world’s most-acclaimed authors on walkability in a relatively short time. The author of Suburban Nation (with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk) and Walkable City spoke at a recent symposium sponsored by Mobility Lab and the Association of Commuter Transportation. Here are 10 [...]

by Paul Mackie
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Bay Area Ridge Trail sign with mile markers to the Golden Gate Bridge, Main Post, Presidio Gate and Mountain Lake

Happy Hour Talk with Bern Smith of San Francisco Bay Area Ridge Trail

Monday, April 22, 2013 4:20 PM

Long-time park professional and trail advocate Bern Smith of the Bay Area Ridge Trail of San Francisco will share fun stories about his biking experiences and his efforts to build and expand trails in the Bay Area. He also brings significant expertise gained from working with the City of San Jose Regional Parks and California Department [...]

by Sonali Soneji
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Mobility Lab Presents Author Jeff Speck, as Part of the Association for Commuter Transportation Chesapeake Chapter’s TDM Symposium

Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:53 AM

Mobility Lab is proud to present Jeff Speck as the keynote speaker at the Association of Commuter Transportation’s symposium on Achieving Sustainability Through Transportation Demand Management. Speck is coauthor of the landmark bestseller Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream,and his new book, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step [...]

by Paul Mackie
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Arlington Support of Regional Transit Projects Key to Job Growth

Friday, April 12, 2013 1:00 PM

Arlington County sits at the center of a regional transportation network that spans three states, multiple counties, independent cities, and extensive federal land holdings. As we all face the challenge of improving aging and congested infrastructure, Arlington especially needs to reach across borders and promote transit projects elsewhere in order to serve its growing population [...]

by Stephen Crim
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Transport Planning and Policy in the U.S. More Car Oriented Than in Germany

Thursday, April 4, 2013 1:41 PM

Germany and the United States have some of the highest levels of car ownership in the world. However, ground passenger transportation in Germany is less car dependent than in the United States. Driving for more trips and longer distances makes the U.S. transportation system less sustainable than the German system. Looking at the Washington D.C. and Stuttgart metro regions provides [...]

by Ralph Buehler
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Location, Location, Location … So Long as That Location is Near Transit

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:57 PM

We’re all familiar with the saying that the three most important factors in real estate are “location, location, location.” This rule no longer just refers to the importance of quality schools and neighborhood amenities in close proximity to residential properties. A new study by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), in partnership with the National [...]

by Paul Goddin
Community Design
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The Misadventures of My Very First “American” Bus Ride

Monday, March 25, 2013 6:09 PM

I must have been 21, since I’m pretty sure I had already graduated college and was working at Y&R in Brickell Key in Miami. My 1987 Chevy Nova without a working AC (and a non-functional driver’s side window) must have been in the shop for the umpteenth time. It liked to just stall out, especially [...]

by Mariela Alfonzo
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“War Against D.C. Drivers” is Much Ado About Nothing

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:02 PM

A recent headline in Washington D.C.’s Examiner newspaper raged, “D.C. Waging War Against Drivers.” It cited the District’s Sustainable DC plan, released February 20 by Mayor Vincent Gray, as an example of how this “war” starts at the top. While the Examiner’s headline was full of sound and fury, the article’s content was, in the end, [...]

by Paul Goddin
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London Shows That Every City Could Use an Olympics

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:26 AM

The Summer Olympics serve as a chance for host cities to showcase their architectural prowess. Who can forget the fabulous flyover views in 2008 of Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium? But now nearly five years later, the Bird’s Nest remains largely vacant, and its future unclear. Even one of its creators, Chinese dissident artist Ai Waiwei, has [...]

by Paul Goddin
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Jeff Speck Illuminates Many Dividends of a Walkable City

Friday, February 22, 2013 1:29 PM

Urban planners have long proselytized about the preferability of urban forms of development over suburban sprawl. But it wasn’t until fairly recently that the market caught up with their sermonizing. Urban planner Jeff Speck, who will be speaking at a Mobility Lab event on April 18, has written a new book called Walkable City: How Downtown Can [...]

by Paul Goddin

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