[New Colonist] <http://www.newcolonist.com/index.html> Many municipalities view parking as such a necessity that, if land is available, as much of it as...
Man Jailed For Creating Crosswalk, Vows More Graduate Student Says Intersection Unsafe MUNCIE, Ind. -- Whitney Stump didn't like watching drivers ignore the ...
Today we know that living in New York is good for your health. It's hard to have a car so you tend to walk, and that's good for your heart. You might also...
[Click Here for a Better Urban Life] <http://www.newcolonist.com/> Cleveland is apparently accomplishing what Pittsburgh has failed to address, a rapid...
Research by Ohio State finds the neighborhoods people live in can help inspire – or discourage – their residents to exercise and keep physically active,...
[New Colonist] <http://www.newcolonist.com/index.html> New Orleans Among Ten with Fastest Growth Rate; Dallas Leads in Numerical Growth Dallas-Fort Worth had...
Like many visitors to the big apple, for the most part in my thirty or so visits I had only been to Manhattan. Yes, there were exceptions. I had crossed the...
If you've been following the news on H1B Visas recently, you know they're in short supply. Cleveland Attorney Richard Herman wrote advising us of a way rust...
Irreconcilable Differences Something odd happens when I talk to people about the idea of carfree cities. Rarely if ever does anyone object to the idea in...
Empty Highways and Shop Whistles Driving across town last evening, the highways seemed to be empty. At one point I felt mine was the only car on the Fort...
On my first few days in Brooklyn I¡¯ve had the opportunity to visit a variety of Hardware stores ranging from the small independent to ACE to Home Depot....
More examples of commercial uses in residential spaces have been added. I'm not suggesting residential buildings be demolished for commercial ones. I am...
NEWCOLONIST <http://www.cafepress.com/newcolonist> [New Colonist] <http://www.newcolonist.com/index.html> The Road Not Taken by Lynn Miller My wife and I...
I've been in Brooklyn just a little more than a month now. I recall investigating New York neighborhoods to live in and naively asked someone what they thought...
Forbes recently did a list of top citie sto cut your gas bill. You might have guessed Baltimore and San Francisco, but the list also includes Phoenix and Los...
Urban American Now Experiencing Black Flight Chicago, New York, San Francisco are losing black residents, changing neighborhoods and remaking urban America. ...
Finding Penn Station After reading the book, Conquering Gotham by Jill Jones, I've been on a hunt for pieces of Penn Station, several of which I have found...
What's was NY's mayor doing during Palin's address? Why is LA building a subway to the sea? Keep up to date on urban happenings by following The New Colonist...
A display went up this week in a pedestrian island surrounded by a sea of auto traffic. Today I thought it may not be such a good idea to have it there, as...
Giving Up A Right-of-Passage I lived car-free for many years in San Francisco, and even a few months in Pittsburgh. Today I am re-learning the car-free life in...
I have read several articles and opinion pieces by columnists that start or include a phrase like '"The roots of today's mortgage-based financial crisis can be...
The New Colonist will celebrate ten years in 2009 and we're planning some refinements to celebrate. We're currently exploring some new logos and slogans. We'd...
Street Food: Massimo's Mudspot, Los Angeles by G. S. Morey My urban landscape is in a drought. Not of water (that stuff is only good for sustaining life), but...
The 15-Minute Cuisine [Pennsylvania Farmland as seen from Amtrak's Pennsylvanian #42] I was fine for a few days away from my computer, but on the train home...
The 15-Minute Cuisine [Pennsylvania Farmland as seen from Amtrak's Pennsylvanian #42] I was fine for a few days away from my computer, but on the train home...