Parks, Plazas, Trails and Open Spaces
Citywide Amenities and Connectors The Idea of an “Urban Open Space” System. Character towns have extensive areas and lands devoted to parks and open spaces. When systematically organized, the collection of parks, plazas, school grounds, stormwater ponds, protected wetlands, lakes, streams, private lawns and gardens becomes a holistic, integrated system of lands and waters devoted […]
SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Towns are Teachers
The Vision of the “City’s Schools”. Schools define a town. Smart kids are the hallmark of a character town. Grass and trees enhancing a well-kept schoolhouse convey the community’s value of education, its honor for children and teachers and its dedication to the future. The character town’s vision is that each child in the city […]
Multiple Benefits of Co-Located Neighborhood Venues
“Multiple Benefits” is a great concept in normal times; in times of economic stress, it is an exceptional concept. The basic idea is that a single action can produce more than one benefit. One dollar of expense, if thoughtfully expended, can produce more than one dollar’s worth of value, or benefit. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Contents – May 2023
CONTENTS – May 2023 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Character towns, small and large, build social cohesion, community connections and civic pride with strong neighborhoods, successful development corridors, superior schools and inviting downtowns with residents, businesses and civic assets that are functional, accessible and beautiful. This edition focuses on […]
Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2
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US firm agrees to sell 24 mini nuclear reactors to UK customers
CT.org has long supported the use of Small Modular [Nuclear] Reactors, SMRs, as supplements to primary energy systems based on wind and solar power. SMRs are smaller [read cheaper], 24/7 regardless of weather and daylight, produced in a factory to better control quality, replicable in that each SMR is not a one-off and more maintainable […]
AR6 Synthesis Report
From…The International Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 20, 2023 — There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today. “Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate […]
Small City Climate Action Plans
A Role for Small Cities. One can easily assume that climate change and actions to mitigate its impacts seem to fall to national and state governments and large corporations. Not so fast… Small cities can strike a vision of a carbon-free city and prepare strategies and actions to meet their vision. “The Iowa City Climate […]
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Some Cities Are Pushing Back on Sidewalk Robots. Here Are Some Possible Ideas For Peaceful Coexistence
While sidewalk delivery robots promise to help reduce carbon emissions and car traffic on cluttered city streets, not everyone is excited about them, including one city traffic administrator in the Yaffa municipality of Tel Aviv. Cohen said he believed the robots should be removed from sidewalks because they made them a much less useable public […]
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Uber Turns to Autonomous Vehicle Startup Nuro for Eats Deliveries
Uber will use Nuro autonomous delivery vehicles to shuttle meals and other goods to its Eats customers as part of a 10-year commercial deal between the two companies. The partnership, which kicks off this fall, will start in Houston and Mountain View, California and eventually expand to other areas, including the greater Bay Area, according […]