urban planning

Via Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute, here’s a way to think about using money from the stimulus package to encourage smart growth and transit. It’s courtesy of the National Resources Defense Council, which has created a map with that details 70 communities that could be transformed into more livable, sustainable places, if [...]

It looks like Wal-Mart is being forced to scale back expansion due to the struggling economy. That means it’s also being forced to scale back its help in perpetuating the absurd amount of suburban sprawl that the superstore has relied on since its birth. But not by all that much.