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When It Comes To Cities, Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Big cities may have the bright lights, but they can still learn a thing or two from their smaller counterparts.

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The Myth of The Self-Driving Car Cure

Self-driving cars will bring huge changes to the structure of American cities, American mobility, consumer culture, and road safety–but how much of the hype is fact and how much is fiction?

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A Tale of Two Bus Rides

Recently, my son and I experimented with catching the MARTA bus instead of driving. One experiment went pretty well while the other one… Not so much.

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The Big Question: To Gentrify or Not To Gentrify?

Is gentrification just the natural ebb and flow of people in cities or can its negative effects be curtailed? And what can one person do about it?

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One Year On

Has it really (only) been a year?

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Reflections: The Rise of the Modern American Streetcars

Two years since it went live, we’ve had time to watch the streetcar play out and read endless reaction pieces, so I thought I’d reflect a little as well.

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Behind the Scenes

We’ll return to your programmed content in just a moment…

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“No Bad Days,” Down at 787 Windsor

“Development without displacement.”

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Tech Companies: Count My Steps To Make Walking Directions Better

For the sake of walkability, please.

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“Building for the Future,” One Library At A Time

Until recently, one of the (many) jobs I held was that of a construction worker, specifically installing shelves in libraries. It was not a very fun or rewarding job (as you can imagine) but it did give me the opportunity to see a lot of different areas in the Atlanta region, from up in Alpharetta […]

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