When the people walking outnumber the drivers driving it's a good day in the city. Humans have from the beginning been a walking species, and walking does many good things for body, mind, and spirit.

The further auto infrastructure is extended, the more fragile energy infrastructure becomes, especially because the pattern new highways are serving is almost always sprawl, with substantially more miles of energy infrastructure per customer served than in real urbanism.

Incremental intensification illustrated as it should happen: several steps to get from SFD to robust urbanism. Unlike what some call for, which is jarring new big buildings in a fabric of SFD.

Key West was our getaway in our South Beach years. Urbanism lessons are strong & plentiful. Some of the best inner-block urbanism I’ve seen. Storm-strong construction. Robust walking-scale mixed-use throughout. Short blocks. Hang your car keys on the wall; you won't need them.