Kaid Benfield highlights nine low-tech steps that he recommends can help communities prepare for the coming changes in global climate. read more […]

With gas prices at an all time high, bike riding has never looked better.  Shermans Travel identifies the top cities to bike through, noting a bounty of amenities to save on costs for the urban biker. read more […]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, someone who may know a thing or two about running a successful city, pens an opinion piece examining what it takes to succeed in the global competition for people, visitors, and business. read more […]

Michael Coren examines the influence of internet connection speeds on economic production and the reasons why he believes "broadband will become the interstate highways of the 21st century." read more […]

A sluggish housing market has stemmed the flow of young parents into Chicago's suburbs, putting pressure on city officials to make public schools better, John Pletz reports. read more […]

Joseph Berger describes a demographic transformation underway on the Bronx's Grand Concourse. read more […]

Michael Sallah reports on the financial meltdown surrounding Donald Trump's completed but empty $200 million International Hotel & Tower on Fort Lauderdale Beach. read more […]

Nate Berg examines the nexus between water use and energy use, and the need to bring this frequently overlooked connection to the attention of planners and designers. read more […]

BBC News reports on recent moves to reform and simplify England's nationwide planning policy framework, which is used to guide planning at the local level. read more […]

Tom Stoelker reports on a program that's teaching inner-city youngsters valuable skills – by training them to build its own headquarters. read more […]

What a day we had on Sunday at the Deering Seafood Festival! We parked 268 bikes, a record turnout. Thanks to wonderful volunteers Marc and Judith Bell, Ana Browne and son Gustavo, Stuart Grant, August Neal, and Eric Tullberg for their generous gifts of time and energy. They were a pleasure to work with. And August had an interesting thought: imagine all tho […]

Sharing is meant to be a two-way behavior. The writer of the note here understands it very well. Hers is the kind of awareness that we hope to build through the SafeStreetsMiami campaign. The note is shortened slightly and the author's name left out by request.   Just thought I would contact your organization regarding the tension between cyclists and p […]

This fully-supported ride promotes the Biscayne-Everglades Greenway, which will loop through the historic city of Homestead. There'll be routes of 62 miles, 42 miles, and 25 miles -- with darned good food at the finish. You can register at Active.com. You'll certainly want to be at Losner Park for the demonstration parachute jump by the Army's […]