May 2011
5 posts
Pedestrian accidents →
I think it is obvious based on how we design roadways here in suburban Phoenix that pedestrians are an afterthought.
“…despite the fact that pedestrians account for 12 percent of all road fatalities, pedestrian safety only gets 1.5 percent of safety funding.”
Housing to fix the economy? →
Could a new housing typology be the answer to lift our economy out of this slump?
Vegetation, Vegetation, Vegetation →
New study links vegetation and walkability to property values.
“A thousand square feet of xeriscape in the front yard of a subdivision tract...”
– Grady Gammage Jr. Phoenix in Perspective: Reflections on developing the desert.