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Is freeway demolition the answer to Detroit’s problems?
Detroit experienced a huge decline in population between 2000 and 2010, losing something like 20% of its residents and going from a city of nearly a million to a city of 713,000. So why do they need a highway system designed for a much bigger city? Since its population peak in 1950, every single Census […]
Problem streets, part two: the cul de sac
May 10, 2012
“Cul de sac” is just a fancy way to say “dead end.” As everyone knows, it’s the preferred street type in modern suburbia: a dead-end street with an asphalt “bulb” at the end of it, around which sit maybe half-a-dozen basically identical houses. The cul de sac discourages connectivity between streets and neighborhoods (which is […]
Problem streets, part one: the “alternate route”
May 9, 2012
There’s a problem street in my neighborhood. It’s a quiet street, lined with banyan trees, ninety-year-old bungalows and small apartment buildings. It’s a bit wider than most streets in the neighborhood, but it’s not even busy enough for a yellow line between the two lanes. It goes right past the small lake that is the […]
Planning the future of my neighborhood
May 3, 2012
How will my neighborhood change over the next 20 years? What will it look like then? What should it look like? These are some of the questions my neighbors and I have been tackling lately, as we work on a brand new neighborhood plan. A rewrite is long overdue: The existing plan is over twenty […]
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