Author: SCM

WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire – April 4, 2011) – Americans favor walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, with 56 percent of respondents preferring smart growth neighborhoods over neighborhoods that require more driving...

To read entire post by Richard Florida in The Atlantic, click here. State population growth does not necessarily translate into higher incomes, notes Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, who points out that median family incomes...

To read entire commentary from Urban0phile, click here. …I gradually became aware that many of the stops were at Sim-city like attractions – the kind you are allowed to build when your city gets to a certain size- such as...

From Livable Memphis: Memphis needs vibrant places for people to live, work, shop and recreate. The Madison Avenue corridor can be exactly that – if we get the built environment right. What truly drives economic activity? People...

From Dissent: Libya and the democracy movement in the Arab world have sucked much of the oxygen from the political air. President Obama, after deciding to intervene against Muammar Qaddafi, returned to campaign mode. He boasted...

From ArtsJournal.com: By Sarah Lutman Last week I had the honor of serving as Co-Chair, with Nicholas Kenyon, of a session at the Salzburg Global Seminar titled, “Instrumental Value: The Transformative Power of Music.”  Nearly...

  From Grist: This is the fourth column in a series focusing on the economics of bicycling. Bicycling and driving have one thing in common that is almost universally frustrating, time consuming, friction causing, and...

From DC Streets Blog: The media loves drama, of course. As your high school English teacher explained it, if Hamlet doesn’t get pissed about his dad’s murder or if Atticus Finch doesn’t step up to defend a black man falsely...

From The Prospect: By Mark Kleiman Why reducing incarceration and victimization should be complementary goals Despite the dramatic fall in crime rates since 1994, crime continues to impose massive social costs, strongly...