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    Rightsizing the automobile for local mobility
    Steve Price
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    Rightsizing the automobile for local mobility

    Neighborhood electric vehicles offer a better local transportation option in light of climate threats, but the design of streets would...
    Imagining a Walkable America
    Steve Price
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Imagining a Walkable America

    An inspiring and free online book imagining a low-carbon future for America's towns and cities In a hoped-for future our collective...
    Exhaust-free city centers by 2030!
    Steve Price
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Exhaust-free city centers by 2030!

    Written with Mike Huston. Someday we may look back and wonder how we ever put up with breathing exhaust-filled air in our city streets.
    After the pandemic, human nature will keep cities alive
    Steve Price
    • May 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    After the pandemic, human nature will keep cities alive

    Sprawl may surge for a time if we ignore the fundamental needs of human habitat. Commentators in the newspapers and social media are...
    Can an electric bicycle take the place of a car?
    Steve Price
    • Nov 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Can an electric bicycle take the place of a car?

    The growing popularity of e-bikes will fuel greater demand for better bicycling infrastructure. People will only get more frustrated that au
    Socially Sustainable Communities
    Steve Price
    • Sep 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    Socially Sustainable Communities

    It’s About More than Friends and Families Articles in the popular press have suggested that there’s an epidemic of loneliness, that...
    Urban-Advantage.com upgrade
    Steve Price
    • Feb 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Urban-Advantage.com upgrade

    Urban Advantage images have evolved over the years, but the web site lagged. I've been creating photo-simulations of positive urban...
    Neighborhoods and Fish Bowls
    Steve Price
    • Feb 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Neighborhoods and Fish Bowls

    Can urban places make us healthier? Most animals, if given the right environment, have no difficulty being active. That’s what animals...
    Don't Throw that Baby Out!
    Steve Price
    • Dec 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Don't Throw that Baby Out!

    Development regulation is the new housing crisis culprit. Lately I’ve been reading articles that place the blame for America’s housing...
    Out from under illusory "Realism"
    Steve Price
    • Dec 30, 2017
    • 6 min

    Out from under illusory "Realism"

    There are always good reasons for not doing the right thing. Years ago I served on the design review board (DRB) of my home town in the...
    "Zoned in the USA"
    Steve Price
    • Feb 19, 2017
    • 6 min

    "Zoned in the USA"

    American zoning is a unique signature about our times. Form-based codes are a big improvement over conventional zoning, but that’s a hard...
    Loneliness, urban design, and form-based codes
    Steve Price
    • Oct 21, 2016
    • 2 min

    Loneliness, urban design, and form-based codes

    A remarkable and growing body of literature is telling us that healthy communities need face-to-face interaction among their members,...
    Zoning: Uniting or Dividing Communities?
    Steve Price
    • Jul 20, 2016
    • 4 min

    Zoning: Uniting or Dividing Communities?

    Zoning should knit communities together, not divide it. “Form-based codes aren’t cheap. If we keep the existing zoning map and add some...
    A Small City with a Big Vision
    Steve Price
    • Jun 17, 2016
    • 4 min

    A Small City with a Big Vision

    Chattanooga sees shaping the form of its downtown as key to its future. Chattanooga’s form-based code is part of an innovative vision for...
    Fundamentals of Fenestration
    Steve Price
    • Aug 25, 2013
    • 3 min

    Fundamentals of Fenestration

    The quality of fenestration on building facades is key to making public spaces social. How much of a building exterior is covered with...