by John W. Olson | May 20, 2012 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urbanism
A topic very close to my personal and professional interests is the idea of walkability. This phrase is used often, perhaps too often? But what does walkability really mean? Is it something that we can really define? Probably not. Present party included, geographers,...
by John W. Olson | Oct 31, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Today is Halloween, which means that the evening streets are going to be full of little princesses, vampires, witches, ghosts, action heroes and pirates with dreams of candy and gum. As I reflect back on my former days of trick-or-treating, there were characteristics...