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Links

1. Systemic Failure calls out the Bay Area for giving an award to a textbook example of greenwashing in urbanism:

Ironically, this project was recently promoted on the SF-Streetsblog website by “New Urbanist” developer Peter Calthrope for its “highest level” of green technology. What does it say for the Bay Area environmental community, that such stupendously ugly, auto-oriented architecture can win “sustainable community of the year” awards?

I love how vociferous and blunt Systemic Failure’s criticism is – it’s something that’s sorely missing in the overly self-congratulatory planning blogosphere.

2. LA rushes to get another giant hulking parking lot in before Jerry Brown turns off the “redevelopment” tap.

3. Interesting charts on the gas tax throughout history.

Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith

I graduated Spring 2010 from Georgetown undergrad, with an entirely unrelated and highly regrettable major that might have made a little more sense if I actually wanted to become an international trade lawyer, but which alas seems good for little else.

I still do most of the tweeting for Market Urbanism

Stephen had previously written on urbanism at Forbes.com. Articles Profile; Reason Magazine, and Next City

Articles: 282

2 Comments

  1. If you like the bluntness of Systemic Failure, look up “Richard Mlynarik” on Google. A lot more technical, but filled with gems like,

    The approved San Francisco Transportation Sales Tax 0.5% renewal, Proposition K of November 2003, includes $270 million for the Transbay Terminal project.
    Unfortunately, the self aggrandizing, grossly unethical, and manifestly incompetent SFCTA executive director has unilaterally chosen to defund the program, as it does not lie 100% within his personal fiefdom.

    See! The process does work as intended!

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