What’s equitable about spending six times as much per homeless person in the suburbs as in the city? The “equity” standard that’s guiding the division of revenue for Metro’s housing initiative is based on politics, not need. Portland’s regional government…
What City Observatory this week 1. Local flavor: Which cities have the most independent restaurants. Local eateries are one of the most visibly distinctive elements of any city. As Jane Jacobs said, the most important asset a city can have…
Oregon is utterly failing to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions Instead of being down 10 percent by 2020, transportation greenhouse gas emissions are up more than 20 percent Oregon will miss its 2020 GHG goal by 6.5 million tons per…
A new way of measuring urban density that explicitly considers walkability by DW Rowlands Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to offer this guest commentary by DW Rowlands. DW Rowlands is a human geography grad student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. …
Walkable density mapped for the nation’s largest metropolitan areas by DW Rowlands Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to offer this guest commentary by DW Rowlands. DW Rowlands is a human geography grad student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her current…