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Interview> Gil Peñalosa on Livable Cities

Image: Gil Penalosa. (Courtesy 8-80 Cities) Gil Penalosa is the executive director of 8-80 Cities in Ontario, Canada, which advocates for vibrant and healthy cities. He will...

Today! Brownsboro Road Diet Needs Your Help

The traffic improvements planned as part of the Brownboro Road Diet again need your help! CART, the Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation,...

Indiana’s Bridge Boondoggle, Part 4: A Better Plan

In the first three parts of this series, I discussed how Indiana so badly botched its negotiation with Kentucky on the Louisville bridges project...

New License Plate Promotes Historic Preservation

It's pretty ironic that the device most responsible for the destruction of our built environment—the automobile—could now help raise funds to save it. Preservation...

Architecture Critic Calls for Reevaluating Parking Lots

The New York Times' new architecture critic Michael Kimmelman has been making waves with his coverage, not of the newest starchitect-designed showpieces, but of...

Indiana’s Bridge Boondoggle, Part 3: INDOT’s Mini-Big Dig

In previous installments in this series I highlighted how Indiana managed to increase its share of the Louisville bridges project by $200 million even...

Indiana’s Bridge Boondoggle, Part 2: Hoosiers Pay Even More With Tolls

In part one of this series I examined how Indiana managed to give away $1.7 billion to the state of Kentucky in renegotiating the...

Indiana’s Bridge Deal Boondoggle, Part 1: A Financial Fiasco

- Indiana gives away $1.7 billion to Kentucky - - Indiana’s costs up by $200 million while total project costs decline by $1.5 billion - -...

Imagining Louisville: Circle at Baxter and Broadway

I took the opportunity over the holiday break to examine the design possibilities of a traffic circle, or roundabout, at the intersection of Baxter...