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St. Matthews is the testing ground for a new traffic calming device—a neighborhood roundabout. Two tiny traffic circles have been cut out of Nanz...

A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger. Right...

I am a high school geography teacher. I work with students at a private school in Louisville, Kentucky. I experience something like a city...

Take a look at this interview with Michael Dukakis talking about the built environment of cities. Among is most poignant remarks is explaining how...

“...(P)aralyzed limbs may not particularly limit a person’s mobility as much as attitudinal and physical barriers. The question centers on ‘normality’. What, it is...

For most people, zoning requirements have little to no effect on everyday life. Indeed, zoning—which is defined by municipal governments and which regulates building...

It's a problem in just about every city that gets snow—sidewalks become treacherous unshoveled messes in the winter. In many cities—including Louisville—the responsibility of...

While Louisville's recent spate of Winter weather is as bad as many can remember, be glad we're not Boston. Or Portland, Maine. But winter...

Snow storms are an urbanist's best friend. As snow builds up along the side of a road and small mountains of sooty snow discolored...