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Return on Investment BlogOff

Sun, 01 Feb 2099 16:02:50 -0700

Hazel Borys and Nathan Norris have been passionately advocating for cities to consider the return on their investments (ROI) before spending money on highways and other infrastructure because some expenditures have shockingly worse returns than others. Hazel fired the opening salvo in this BlogOff… who's next?

Latest Posts by Each Author

Hazel Borys - On the Street: The DNA of place and the ROI of movement, 1/27/12

Rob Steuteville - The Cost of Urban Freeways, 2/28/12

Steve Mouzon - The Ecological Dividend, 2/25/12

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2/28/12 - The Cost of Urban Freeways, Rob Steuteville

2/25/12 - The Ecological Dividend, Steve Mouzon

2/24/12 - Cheapways, Steve Mouzon

2/20/12 - The Speed Burden, Steve Mouzon

1/27/12 - On the Street: The DNA of place and the ROI of movement, Hazel Borys

Street Network BlogOff

Sun, 01 Feb 2099 16:02:50 -0700

This BlogOff began nearly a year ago as a spirited email discussion between Howard Blackson, Leo Casas, Bill Dennis, Geoff Dyer, Kevin Klinkenberg, Paul Knight, Steve Mouzon, Nathan Norris, and Lee Sobel. The question of who started the discussion is lost in the shadows of time, but it was interesting enough that Paul asked recently if he could publish the transcript of the thread as an article. But because there had been so many good-natured insults and so much collegial name-calling, the participants all decided that they each needed to clean up their parts. It was then proposed that we turn it into a BlogOff, so that everyone could state their initial positions in a blog post and see where it goes. Paul got it kicked off recently.

Latest Posts by Each Author

Paul Knight - Fallacies Against the Grid, 1/22/12

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1/22/12 - Fallacies Against the Grid, Paul Knight

Walk Appeal

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:29:50 -0600

The discussion of Walk Appeal attempts to refine what we know about how far people will walk, and why. Simply put, New Urbanists design has followed the century-old metric of the five-minute walk, which is a quarter-mile at an easy pace. But it's clear that people walk much further in some places and much less in others. This BlogOff examines the reasons why. Walk Appeal was originally called Pedestrian Propulsion, but was re-coined Walk Appeal by Rob Steuteville and L.J. Aurbach during a lengthy listserv discussion of the idea in April 2012.

Latest Posts by Each Author

Chris Keimig - A Good Place to Walk: Walkability vs. Walk Appeal, 7/31/12

Emily Yetman - A great discussion about creating Walk Appeal, 8/3/12

Feet First Philly - Walk Appeal Affects How Peds. Interact w/Built Environment, 7/31/12

Gregory Jones - Sensory Urbanism - Crafting Places to Delight, 8/1/12

John Olson - Slope and How it Affects Walk Appeal, 8/5/12

Jonathan Nettler - A New Tool for Measuring Walkability, 7/30/12

Kaid Benfield - How far will we walk to go somewhere? It depends., 7/30/12

Kevin Klinkenberg - Walk Appeal – Beyond the 5 minute walk, Savannah edition, 7/26/12

Lloyd Alter - A New Way To Look At The Quality Of Our Cities: Walk Appeal, 7/31/12

Mayors Office of Transportation and Utilities - Research Rest-Stop - Walk Appeal, 8/1/12

Sarah Goodyear - Walk Score is Great, But it Still Doesn't Capture Walk Appeal, 8/7/12

Steve Mouzon - Walk Appeal Impact, 8/1/12

Taz Loomans - Forget Curb Appeal, Phoenix Needs More Walk Appeal! 7/31/12

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8/7/12 - Walk Score is Great, But it Still Doesn't Capture Walk Appeal - Sarah Goodyear

8/5/12 - Slope and How it Affects Walk Appeal - John Olson

8/3/12 - A great discussion about creating Walk Appeal, Emily Yetman

8/1/12 - Sensory Urbanism - Crafting Places to Delight, Gregory Jones

8/1/12 - Research Rest-Stop - Walk Appeal, Mayors Office of Transportation and Utilities

8/1/12 - Walk Appeal Impact, Steve Mouzon

Walk Appeal Impace on bettercities.net

7/31/12 - A New Way To Look At The Quality Of Our Cities: Walk Appeal, Lloyd Alter

7/31/12 - Forget Curb Appeal, Phoenix Needs More Walk Appeal! Taz Loomans

7/31/12 - Walk Appeal, Gregory Jones

7/31/12 - A Good Place to Walk: Walkability vs. Walk Appeal, Chris Keimig

7/31/12 - Walk Appeal Affects How Peds. Interact w/Built Environment, Feet First Philly

7/30/12 - Walk Appeal Immeasurables, Steve Mouzon

Walk Appeal Immeasurables on bettercities.net

7/30/12 - How far will we walk to go somewhere? It depends., Kaid Benfield

Can We Quantify a Good Walk? Kaid Benfield on Atlantic Cities

7/30/12 - A New Tool for Measuring Walkability, Jonathan Nettler

7/27/12 - Walk Appeal Measurables, Steve Mouzon

Walk Appeal Measurables on bettercities.net

7/26/12 - Walk Appeal – Beyond the 5 minute walk, Savannah edition, Kevin Klinkenberg

7/25/12 - Walk Appeal, Steve Mouzon

Walk Appeal on bettercities.net

7/30/09 - Pedestrian Propulsion, Steve Mouzon (legacy post predates BlogOff)

Next Urbanism Summit

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:02:50 -0700

I'm sitting in the Next Urbanism Summit in our office in South Beach right now, and the presentations are serious long on substance. I've just asked the participants to post their presentations in as many posts as necessary. Some, for example, warrant a post for every slide. These will become the latest BlogOff.

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Neighborhood Retail BlogOff

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02:50 -0700

This is the first Urbanism BlogOff. It began as a result of two heated Twitter conversations on subsequent nights in December 2011 based on retail rules of thumb that might be doing more harm than good. Or maybe it's the other way around. You decide.

Latest Posts by Each Author

Kaid Benfield - When shops and services are within walking distance…, 1/11/12

Hazel Borys - Retail on My Mind, 2/20/12

Chip Kaufman - Chip Kaufman Guest Post - Neighborhood Retail, 1/31/12

Patrick Kennedy - Retail BlogOff, 1/5/12

Kevin Klinkenberg - Walk Appeal – Beyond the 5 minute walk, Savannah edition, 7/26/12

Steve Mouzon - Walk Appeal Impact, 8/1/12

John Olson - Neighborhood Retail Dynamics, 1/29/12

Sandy Sorlien - BlogOff: Neighborhood Retail, 12/28/11

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8/1/12 - Walk Appeal Impact, Steve Mouzon

7/26/12 - Walk Appeal – Beyond the 5 minute walk, Savannah edition, Kevin Klinkenberg