How to save the high street: 10 quickfire solutions
As retail giant Wilko collapses into administration, people are asking: what can be done to save the UK's high streets? Here are some ideas
Cities & Planning
"Electric Vehicles": Arthur Berman, Simon Michaux & Pedro Prieto | The Great Simplification
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Pedestrian safety and crosswalks: Recent research
What the research says about the characteristics of unsafe traffic intersections and crosswalk designs that can improve pedestrian safety.
The world’s scariest airport? Remembering Kai Tak Airport, 25 years on
Kai Tak was an international airport situated in the heart of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula. Twenty-five years ago, it was replaced by the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok.…
Amtrak's Long Distance Trains: Not Just "Land Cruises" — Human Transit
Last week I wrote about the tension that the US national rail carrier Amtrak faces between ridership goals — which require focusing on its best markets — and coverage goals — which require covering the entire country. I was applying a framework that I developed for urban public transit, but that seemed relevant enough to […]
Report: How Will California Solve the Housing Crisis? | Newgeography.com
The East Link Light Rail Starter Line is Officially A Go - The Urbanist
Sound Transit was officially given the go-ahead to move forward with a plan to begin light rail service between eight isolated stations on the Eastside in spring of next year, after a vote by the agency's System Expansion committee Thursday. The East Link Starter Line, as it's called, was developed as an interim way to
How to Design and Build A Forest Garden - Part 1. Surveying
Regenerative Agriculture, Polyculture, Ecology, Regenerative Landscape Desing, Permaculture, Gardening, Ecological Gardening
15-minute cities: What are they and how do they work? – DW – 03/15/2023
City planners say we have to rethink the way we build urban areas to make them more sustainable, healthy and just. The so-called 15-minute city is one idea. But are they viable?
“Limitless” energy: How offshore floating solar could power population hotspots
Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited energy to densely populated countries in Asia and Africa.
How To Solve a Problem Like Denny Way - The Urbanist
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The blatant greenwashing of SUVs
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The Latest Headache Caused by Electric Vehicles Being So Damn Heavy
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The Car Safety Feature That Kills the Other Guy
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If You Want a Car This Heavy, You Should Pay Through the Nose
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File:Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of the United States and Puerto Rico, Mar 2020.png - Wikipedia
Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia
List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia
List of United States counties and county equivalents - Wikipedia
County or equivalent
State or equivalent
Population (2020 census)
Area (mi^2)
Core-based statistical area
Autauga
Alabama
58,805
594.44
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Baldwin
231,767
1589.78
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Barbour
25,223
884.88
Eufaula, AL-GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Bibb
22,293
622.58
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Blount
59,134
644.78
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Bullock
10,357
622.80
Butler
19,051
776.83
Calhoun
116,441
605.87
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Chambers
34,772
596.53
LaGrange, GA-AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cherokee
24,971
553.70
Chilton
45,014
692.85
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Choctaw
12,665
913.50
Clarke
23,087
1238.46
Clay
14,236
603.96
Cleburne
15,056
560.10
Coffee
53,465
678.97
Enterprise, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Colbert
57,227
592.62
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Conecuh
11,597
850.16
Coosa
10,387
650.93
Alexander City, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Covington
37,570
1030.46
Crenshaw
13,194
608.84
Cullman
87,866
734.84
Cullman, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dale
49,326
561.15
Ozark, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dallas
38,462
978.69
Selma, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
DeKalb
71,608
777.09
Fort Payne, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Elmore
87,977
618.48
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Escambia
36,757
945.08
Etowah
103,436
534.99
Gadsden, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Fayette
16,321
627.66
Franklin
32,113
633.82
Geneva
26,659
574.41
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Greene
7,720
647.11
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hale
14,785
643.94
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Henry
17,146
561.75
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Houston
107,202
579.82
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jackson
52,579
1077.87
Scottsboro, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Jefferson
674,721
1111.28
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lamar
13,972
604.85
Lauderdale
93,564
667.70
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lawrence
33,073
690.68
Decatur, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lee
174,241
607.54
Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Limestone
103,570
559.94
Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lowndes
10,311
715.91
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Macon
19,532
608.89
Madison
388,153
801.59
Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Marengo
19,323
976.88
Marion
29,341
742.29
Marshall
97,612
565.84
Albertville, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Mobile
414,809
1229.44
Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Monroe
19,772
1025.67
Montgomery
228,954
784.25
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Morgan
123,421
579.34
Decatur, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Perry
8,511
719.66
Pickens
19,123
881.41
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Pike
33,009
672.09
Troy, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Randolph
21,967
580.55
Russell
59,183
641.14
Columbus, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
St. Clair
91,103
631.90
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Shelby
223,024
784.93
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sumter
12,345
903.89
Talladega
82,149
736.78
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Tallapoosa
41,311
716.52
Alexander City, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Tuscaloosa
227,036
1321.75
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Walker
65,342
791.19
Jasper, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Washington
15,388
1080.21
Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Wilcox
10,600
888.50
Winston
23,540
612.98
Aleutians East Borough[d]
Alaska
3,420
6985
Aleutians West Census Area[e]
5,232
4393
Anchorage, Municipality of[d][f]
291,247
1707
Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Bethel Census Area[e]
18,666
40627
Bristol Bay Borough[d]
844
482
Chugach Census Area[e]
7,102
9530
Copper River Census Area[e]
2,617
24692
Denali Borough[d]
1,619
12641
Dillingham Census Area[e]
4,857
18334
Fairbanks North Star Borough[d]
95,655
7335
Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Haines Borough[d]
2,080
2343
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area[e]
2,365
6555
Juneau, City and Borough of[d][g]
32,255
2704
Juneau, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area
Kenai Peninsula Borough[d]
58,799
16017
Ketchikan Gateway Borough[d]
13,948
4857
Ketchikan, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area
Kodiak Island Borough[d]
13,101
6689
Kusilvak Census Area[e]
8,368
17077
Lake and Peninsula Borough[d]
1,476
23832
Matanuska-Susitna B
FEMA maps said they weren't in a flood zone. Then came the rain.
Flaws in FEMA flood maps leave millions unprepared. Some are trying to fix that.
How 3D Printed Homes Can Be More Thermally Efficient
How using 3D printing technology can help overcome some of the biggest problems with traditional brick home construction
Why these cities may trade parking lots for tiny houses
A new nonprofit called DignityMoves is building temporary housing for homeless people. While not a complete solution, it could help address the problem.
USGS HIVIS (Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System)
Save Our Cities | Newgeography.com
The Flow Battery Code Is Starting To Crack: Red State Edition - CleanTechnica
Stride BRT Is Vastly Overbudget, Risks Stressing Other ST3 Projects - The Urbanist
Years of added delay and well over budget, Sound Transit's Stride bus rapid transit (BRT) program is now adding more stress on the larger Sound Transit 3 program. Agency boardmembers are still moving the program forward, but that didn't stop them from expressing a lot of concern and frustration about it. In early July, an
Federated Ecovillages & Steps Towards a Modern Cybersyn
Thoughts on how we can create federated and interconnected ecovillages, create networks of semi nomadic housing, and use technology to help us make it happen.
Localist Living in a Shrinking Age
I try hard to give people insights into trends affecting our world. One of them is the way that declining birth rates will ultimately translate into shrinking cities. In the future, many if not most of us will be living in places whose population is shrinking. This will have profound consequences - fiscally, economically, in terms of services, and for anyone running a business, church, ministry or other organization in these places.
The history of Solarpunk
Okay, I guess this has to be said, because the people will always claim the same wrong thing: No, Solarpunk did not "start out as an aesthetic". Jesus, where the hell does this claim even come from?...