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- “All aboard”: Ten planning lessons from riding USA railways
- Estadios de béisbol mas grandes de America Latina (Largest baseball stadiums of Latin America)
- Snapshots of Chicago in geometric black & white
- Ten planning lessons from Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
- Aerial tramways – a “last mile” transit solution for airports and stadiums
- Top ten (10) tallest airport control towers by continent
- Tall Timbers – World’s tallest wooden skyscrapers
- From sea to shining sea of wasteful surface parking lots
- New “Austin Towers” will soon be spying over Texas
- Ten planning lessons from mighty Los Angeles
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Tag Archives: land use
Ten planning lessons from Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
The following are ten planning lessons from multiples visits to the dynamic City of Chicago. Source: onlyinyourstate.com ________ If Chicago intrigues you too, here are several books about the city that are available via Amazon.com.* ……….Link – The Third Coast……………………………………………Link … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, engineering, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, weather, zoning
Tagged airports, architecture, Chi-town, Chicago, cities, environment, land use, mass transit, O'Hare, planning, rapid transit, rivers, transportation, travel
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Aerial tramways – a “last mile” transit solution for airports and stadiums
Aerial tramways (a.k.a. urban gondolas) may be an excellent solution for filling the missing “last mile” transit link to major sports venues and airports. Too often, rail transit systems do not directly connect to the airport terminal or to a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Aerial tramways, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sports, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning
Tagged Aerial tramways, airports, cities, fun, geography, gondolas, land use, planning, sports venues, stadiums, transportation, travel, Urban Gondolas
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Ten planning lessons from mighty Los Angeles
Despite its detractors, every time I’m in Los Angeles, the city impresses me more. From the first time in 1970 to just recently, the changes are palpable, especially the move(s) away from being so car-centric and increased densification. Below, is … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, business, cities, civics, commerce, culture, density, distribution, downtown, economic development, Economy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, Highway displacement, highways, historic preservation, history, humanity, immigration, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, mountains, movies, music, nature, Passenger rail, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, pollution, rail, Railroads, recreation, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, Television, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged art, Brady Bunch, Burbank, California, cities, commuter rail, Glendale, highways, Hollywood, LA, land use, light rail, Long Beach, Los Angeles, movies, Pasadena, planning, ports, Santa Monica, subways, transportation, trucks, TV
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Places that pay you to “kick your grass” goodbye!
After we moved to New Mexico this summer, one of the first steps we took was to have the grass lawn portions of our yard removed and replaced with xeriscaping that is more appropriate for a High Desert environment. We … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate, climate change, culture, deserts, ecosystems, environment, geography, government, health, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, natural history, nature, planning, rivers/watersheds, Statistics, sustainability, topography, urban planning, water, water conservation, xeriscaping
Tagged conservation, drought, drought-tolerant, grass, land use, lawn, planning, plants, rebates, turf grass, water, water conservation, xeriscaping, yards
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Ten+1 planning lessons from Maharishi Vedic City
The Vedic/Vastu planned and designed community of Maharishi Vedic City in southeast Iowa offers a number of interesting and insightful lessons for planners. Here are the ten primary lessons from researching and visiting this unique sustainable city: 10/7/22 Addendum – … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, cities, civics, civility, climate change, culture, ecosystems, environment, geography, health, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, natural history, nature, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, Renewable Energy, social equity, solar, spatial design, sustainability, urban design, urban planning, water conservation, zoning
Tagged architecture, cities, garden cities, Iowa, land use, LULUs, Maharishi Vedic City, Mandala, nature, neighborhoods, open space, planning, spatial design, sustainable, transitional zoning, urban design
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Is Burning Man making a mistake at Fly Ranch?
I’m torn. A part of me wants to travel this very minute to Fly Ranch and experience the scenic landscapes on this lovely site, while also visualizing the various art/sustainability projects taking place there. On the other hand, the site … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, branding, charities, civics, climate, climate change, Communications, culture, deserts, diversity, economic development, ecosystems, education, environment, food systems, futurism, geography, health, historic preservation, history, humanity, land use, Maps, Native Americans, natural history, nature, opinion, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, Renewable Energy, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Travel, visual pollution, water conservation, Wildlife
Tagged art, Burning Man Project, conservation, Fly Ranch, geography, humanity, Indigenous, land use, Native Americans, nature, Nevada, planning, sustainability
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Twelve planning lessons from Taos and the Taos Pueblo
The following are ten+ planning-related lessons learned from our visits to the 400+ year old Town of Taos and the 1000+ year old Taos Pueblo. The beauty of this area is beyond mere words — a good reason why the … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, archaeology, architecture, art, aviation, branding, business, cities, civics, climate, climate change, commerce, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, ecosystems, environment, futurism, geography, government, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Native Americans, natural history, nature, placemaking, planning, politics, rivers/watersheds, scenic byways, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, water, water conservation, zoning
Tagged Biotecture, Indigenous, land use, Native Americans, New Mexico, planning, Taos, Taos Air, Taos Pueblo, UNESCO World Heritage site
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25 Largest American core cities without a limited access beltway or bypass
The list below is based on 2020 Census data and includes cities without a limited access bypass freeway or a limited access beltway. Several of the cities identified below have one or the other type of bypass scheduled in future … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, Highway displacement, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, politics, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, topography, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged beltway, bypass, cities, expressway, highways, land use, planning, transportation, travel
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Soaking up the sun with floating solar farms
In recent years floating solar farms have been popping up on water bodies around the globe. While typically more expensive to initially install, floating solar facilities have several notable advantages, including: Less use of productive farm land or valuable lands … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, agriculture, Alternative energy, architecture, Asia, China, climate, climate change, economic development, ecosystems, energy, engineering, environment, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, Maps, nature, North America, pictures, planning, politics, Portugal, product design, Renewable Energy, rivers/watersheds, Science, solar, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, topography, UK, urban planning, water
Tagged environment, floating solar, geography, land use, nature, planning, solar, solar arrays, solar energy, solar farms, water, waterbodies
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