Steve Price
Electric cars shouldn’t distract us from changes to the built environment
News that mining of lithium comes up short to solve the climate crisis highlights a need for walkability and micromobility Governments...
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Steve Price
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Rightsizing the automobile for local mobility
Neighborhood electric vehicles offer a better local transportation option in light of climate threats, but the design of streets would...
Steve Price
Mar 14, 20212 min read
Imagining a Walkable America
An inspiring and free online book imagining a low-carbon future for America's towns and cities In a hoped-for future our collective...
Steve Price
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Exhaust-free city centers by 2030!
Written with Mike Huston. Someday we may look back and wonder how we ever put up with breathing exhaust-filled air in our city streets.
Steve Price
May 25, 20201 min read
After the pandemic, human nature will keep cities alive
Sprawl may surge for a time if we ignore the fundamental needs of human habitat. Commentators in the newspapers and social media are...
Steve Price
Nov 13, 20192 min read
Can an electric bicycle take the place of a car?
The growing popularity of e-bikes will fuel greater demand for better bicycling infrastructure. People will only get more frustrated that au
Steve Price
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Socially Sustainable Communities
It’s About More than Friends and Families Articles in the popular press have suggested that there’s an epidemic of loneliness, that...
Steve Price
Feb 20, 20182 min read
Urban-Advantage.com upgrade
Urban Advantage images have evolved over the years, but the web site lagged. I've been creating photo-simulations of positive urban...
Steve Price
Feb 10, 20183 min read
Neighborhoods and Fish Bowls
Can urban places make us healthier? Most animals, if given the right environment, have no difficulty being active. That’s what animals...
Steve Price
Dec 30, 20172 min read
Don't Throw that Baby Out!
Development regulation is the new housing crisis culprit. Lately I’ve been reading articles that place the blame for America’s housing...
Steve Price
Dec 30, 20176 min read
Out from under illusory "Realism"
There are always good reasons for not doing the right thing. Years ago I served on the design review board (DRB) of my home town in the...
Steve Price
Feb 19, 20176 min read
"Zoned in the USA"
American zoning is a unique signature about our times. Form-based codes are a big improvement over conventional zoning, but that’s a hard...
Steve Price
Oct 21, 20162 min read
Loneliness, urban design, and form-based codes
A remarkable and growing body of literature is telling us that healthy communities need face-to-face interaction among their members,...
Steve Price
Jul 20, 20164 min read
Zoning: Uniting or Dividing Communities?
Zoning should knit communities together, not divide it. “Form-based codes aren’t cheap. If we keep the existing zoning map and add some...
Steve Price
Jun 17, 20164 min read
A Small City with a Big Vision
Chattanooga sees shaping the form of its downtown as key to its future. Chattanooga’s form-based code is part of an innovative vision for...
Steve Price
Aug 25, 20133 min read
Fundamentals of Fenestration
The quality of fenestration on building facades is key to making public spaces social. How much of a building exterior is covered with...
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