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Kathryn Gray is the coordinator of Transportation for Michigan, a coalition of Michigan communities working to make their surroundings more livable. Kathryn has studied social relations, policy, public affairs, and public administration. At Transportation for Michigan, Kathryn's eyes are focused on 4 major areas - funding reform,...[read more]

Emily Washington works for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and blogs at MarketUrbanism.com. She has a master's degree in economics and focuses her attention on state and local policy issues. Before we get into the market forces, Emily gives an overview of her background to give some context about her educational and career...[read more]

Detroit

Where the massive Renaissance Center did not succeed, local efforts, human-scale walkable neighbourhoods, offer a more promising route to revival.[read more]

Jen Krouse is a fellow member of Congress for New Urbanism. She's a consultant who applies classical business training and communications expertise to place-making firms trying to improve the built environment.When she's not looking for new things to see and new ways to see things, Jen travels, jogs, skis, and volunteers for favorite...[read more]

SCC's Travis Sheehan

Today we welcome Travis Sheehan to Sustainable Cities Collective as our Community Digital Strategist. To all our regular bloggers, you have a new resource and advocate here![read more]

We started the conversation with Reid last week (click here for Part 1). Part 2 is the conclusion of our discussion.Reid is professor of City and Metropolitan Planning and director of the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah. He has a pile of awards and has written a ton of books. If you happen to be familiar with Urban...[read more]

2011 was the first year that the larger property and casualty industry returned to growth, having just ended four years of general decline, the longest continuous down period since the Great Depression. But no one was exactly ecstatic.[read more]

Reid Ewing is professor of City and Metropolitan Planning and director of the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah. He has a pile of awards and has written a ton of books. If you happen to be familiar with Urban Land Institute or American Planning Assocation or Institute of Transportation Engineers, you've probably seen...[read more]

For the past 7 years Aurash Khawarzad has been working in urban planning in Fairfax County, Virginia, and at the Project for Public Spaces in New York. He is currently adjunct faculty at Parson’s New School for Design, and a practicing planner. Aurash had some of his work exhibited at architectural biennales in Venice and Chile and San...[read more]

Paul Godsmark is a professional engineer who lives and breathes advanced transport. He works as a consultant, primarily in the fields of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and road safety. He has recently distinguished himself as a leading voice on the topic of driverless cars. Yes, driverless cars. How close are we to this amazing...[read more]

Kristen Jeffers has been writing and speaking under the name The Black Urbanist for some time now. Kristen has studied communication, public affairs, community development and economic development. She likes interacting with people – she writes on her own blog, on other people’s blogs, speaks at events, and recently launched a...[read more]

new economy movement

This February the EPA released a new report that integrates environmental justice, equitable development, and smart growth. The goal, as the title signifies, is to foster “Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities.”[read more]

Bruce Liedstrand loves cities of all sizes. He's closing in on 50 years of experience in a variety of capacities -- city attorney, manager, redevelopment director, and now a consultant. Bruce is a strong believer that city planning and design should be people-focused. His mission is to make places safe, useful, and convenient for people...[read more]

Hamburg, Germany

An increasing number of community policy makers, planners and residents around the world want their communities —neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities— to be more liveable.[read more]

cycling infrastructure

According to a 2011 survey by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, 14% of 1,300 women admitted they would be more likely to ride if they were protected by safer bike infrastructure.[read more]

Show notes and relevant links are available at UrbanismSpeakeasy.com. [read more]

Show notes and relevant links are available at UrbanismSpeakeasy.com. [read more]

Urban Design TED talks

Technical topics such as architecture, materials, geography, design, and transportation were among the least successful or likeable TED Talks. Is it because they are too technical? Too much jargon?[read more]

smart growth

The EPA released a new report that integrates environmental justice, equitable development, and smart growth. The goal is to foster “Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities.”[read more]

Show notes and relevant links are available at UrbanismSpeakeasy.com. [read more]