by Alison Berry
We are reading about the reality of suburban transit: “The dense, transit-friendly suburbs of the Northeast are a fluke; most of America’s suburbs were built in the last 50 years, and most commuters who live in them drive themselves to work.” In the West, the answer may lie in ride-share, busses, and walking. What do you think?
Here are a few other eyecatchers from around the web this week:
Want to buy a green home? Looking for one just got easier.
What shapes the way a town looks? It’s all about timing.
We have said it before: people want more housing options in walkable neighborhoods. Here is what one city is doing to meet changing preferences.
A not-so-new form of alternative, non-motorized transportation, now for “the growing number of urban professionals who don’t want to drive to work.” (It’s not a bike.)
In Calgary, they are tearing down transit park-and-ride lots & replacing them with mixed-use development.
The newest trend in the suburbs: converting single-family homes to rentals.
check out this map showing where the U.S. economy is growing. The action is in the West!