October 19th, 2010
Category:
Land Use,
Transportation,
Urban Design
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We're more impressed with how things in Portland, Oregon are shaping up each time we visit, from the diversity and vitality of close-in neighborhoods, to the city's transit options and high levels of pedestrian and bike use, to how well rehab areas like the Pearl District are growing, to...well, a ...
July 13th, 2010
Category:
Land Use
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A recent e-mail exchange between SCI and Dan Burden of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute led to some interesting data produced for Sarasota County, Florida – data which shows per-acre property tax revenue is far higher for compact, mixed urban development than low-density, sprawl development.
While findings like that aren’t much of ...