by John W. Olson | May 31, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The T3 sector, or sub-urban sector, of the rural-to-urban transect is the portion of the transect that requires the greatest deal of assistance from the new urbanism movement. New Urbanists have developed amazing examples of quality urbanism on infill sites and...
by John W. Olson | May 29, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design
Almost every city has the same thing in common. That is the love/hate relationship with water… specifically storm water. We all love water because it is such a precious resource that we are dependent upon. However, it is storm water that our civilization has grown...
by John W. Olson | May 25, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability
For those of you who may not know, Olson Planning & Urban Landscapes has a contract with Sustainable Fort Carson south of Colorado Springs. At Fort Carson, my responsibilities under this contract are to review submitted construction document drawings for...
by John W. Olson | May 23, 2011 | Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The New York Times published an article yesterday, With Eye on Climate Change, Chicago Prepares for a Warmer Future, about adaptations to climate change. I was particularly interested in the infrastructure portion of the article as we need to consider infiltration...
by John W. Olson | May 20, 2011 | Events, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
We are coming up on only one more week until the Congress for the New Urbanism’s annual conference. This year, it is held in Madison, Wisconsin and I could not be anymore excited for CNU this year. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to Atlanta for last...