http://citiwire.net/post/1244/ Our mission... to reflect a new narrative for 21st century cities and regions. Leaving behind the 20th century pattern of cheap energy, endless automobility, burgeoning suburbs, threatened inner cities. To a challenge-packed 21st century: energy prices headed north, perilous carbon emissions, deepening have-have not divisions, excruciating social problems and deep challenges in education. But a time of exciting promise, too. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://citiwire.net/post/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Warren Karlenzig Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:28:33 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1244#comment-772 Sprawl and dependence on car commuting now rank as some of the most powerful real estate risk factors, a phenomenon that started in about 2006, when gas prices began to climb above $2 a gallon. Speculation on sprawled, car-dependent housing areas was one of the key factors that took down the economy when gas prices spiked, as the most sprawled areas had the most foreclosures and greatest real estate value drop, while markets served by transit, walking and biking had the greatest property appreciation 2006-2008. See my presentation at the Stanford Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference, November 2008: http://piee.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/behavior/becc/2008/presentations/17-1D-01-Ranking_US_Cities_Oil_Addiction_-_Sprawl_and_Car_Commuting_Emerge_as_Real_Estate_Risk_Factors.pdf Sprawl and dependence on car commuting now rank as some of the most powerful real estate risk factors, a phenomenon that started in about 2006, when gas prices began to climb above $2 a gallon. Speculation on sprawled, car-dependent housing areas was one of the key factors that took down the economy when gas prices spiked, as the most sprawled areas had the most foreclosures and greatest real estate value drop, while markets served by transit, walking and biking had the greatest property appreciation 2006-2008. See my presentation at the Stanford Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference, November 2008: http://piee.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/behavior/becc/2008/presentations/17-1D-01-Ranking_US_Cities_Oil_Addiction_-_Sprawl_and_Car_Commuting_Emerge_as_Real_Estate_Risk_Factors.pdf

]]> http://citiwire.net/post/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Mayraj Fahim Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:59:16 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1244#comment-741 You mention bike sharing schemes in Boston, Paris, Copenhagen. They have a long way to go to compare with La Rochelle's example. La Rochelle has been an innovator since the 1970s no less; and more importantly, it isa small town comparatively. It illustrates by example that being small is no limitation with the right frame of mind. It and its Urban Community set an example for regions large and small to follow. Please see: http://srvweb01.softeco.it/ LIFE-CEDM/_Rainbow/Documents/ Life-CEDM_Lucca_final_ conference_17%20April%202008% 20Davy-La_Rochelle.en.pdf The transport and mobility strategy in La Rochelle http://www.ville-larochelle. fr/index.php?id=380&type=123& L=1 La Rochelle, a breath of fresh air http://www.civitas-initiative. org/city_sheet.phtml?id=7 La Rochelle! You mention bike sharing schemes in Boston, Paris, Copenhagen.
They have a long way to go to compare with La Rochelle’s example. La Rochelle has been an innovator since the 1970s no less; and more importantly, it isa small town comparatively. It illustrates by example that being small is no limitation with the right frame of mind. It and its Urban Community set an example for regions large and small to follow.
Please see:
http://srvweb01.softeco.it/ LIFE-CEDM/_Rainbow/Documents/ Life-CEDM_Lucca_final_ conference_17%20April%202008% 20Davy-La_Rochelle.en.pdf
The transport and mobility strategy in La Rochelle
http://www.ville-larochelle. fr/index.php?id=380&type=123& L=1
La Rochelle, a breath of fresh air
http://www.civitas-initiative. org/city_sheet.phtml?id=7
La Rochelle!

]]> http://citiwire.net/post/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Bruce Liedstrand Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:48:30 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1244#comment-738 We need to be efficient in our use of space as well as in our use of energy. We need to learn that we can be even happier living in smaller spaces, in more compact communities, with more convenient access to more choices. Maybe we need $4 gas again to wake us up. Good urbanism is a good choice for many people. Let's give them that choice. We need to be efficient in our use of space as well as in our use of energy. We need to learn that we can be even happier living in smaller spaces, in more compact communities, with more convenient access to more choices. Maybe we need $4 gas again to wake us up.
Good urbanism is a good choice for many people. Let’s give them that choice.

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