Neighborhood electric vehicles offer a better local transportation option in light of climate threats, but the design of streets would need to change. Half of the work of urban design is deciding where to store cars. It’s a common lament of urban design professionals. In my community, controversy is brewing because Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and housing advocates want to build housing on a BART station’s surface parking lots. As usual NIMBYs are protesting, but other more

An inspiring and free online book imagining a low-carbon future for America's towns and cities In a hoped-for future our collective carbon footprint from climate change will be much lower than it is today. But what will our towns and cities that produce that result look like? I’m pleased to announce the launch of a book that gives us a visual glimpse into that low-carbon future. Imagining a Walkable America is a free online book containing a selection of photo-simulations I’v

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.