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Colorado Springs Sustainability Bike Tour 2011: Recap

by John W. Olson | Jul 18, 2011 | Events, Sustainability

Another successful Sustainability Bicycle Tour is now behind us in Colorado Springs.  On Saturday, July 16, 2011, approximately fifty people participated in the three-stage Sustainability Bike Tour.  We were extremely pleased with the turn out for the event and...

The Allure of Residential Park Frontage

by John W. Olson | Jun 17, 2011 | Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism

The allure of the residence fronting on to a park setting has been a popular planning methodology over the past 20 years.  Often, homes with a quality park setting are the first to sell in a neighborhood. These residences have their place in the market and in a...

Parking Agreements: The Benefits of Shared Parking

by John W. Olson | May 18, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism

When was the last time that you drove past a business with a nearly empty parking lot and thought to yourself, “Wow! That looks like a good business, I should go there.”  I would guess that for most of us, that has not happened. A component of this was discussed in...

Hop On Your Bikes, Bike on Your Hops – Colorado Springs’ Sustainability Bike Tour

by John W. Olson | Dec 17, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism

SUSTAINABILITY BIKE TOUR COLORADO SPRINGS, JUNE 26, 2010 Essay by Frank Kinder, USGBC Colorado – SoCo Branch & John Olson, CNU Colorado This past June, CNU Colorado teamed with APA Colorado, AIA Colorado, USGBC Colorado-Southern Branch and Bike Month in a...

Spring Creek – A Neo-Traditional Neighborhood in Colorado Springs

by John W. Olson | Dec 14, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism

The following in the unedited version of an article that I wrote for the Colorado Urbanist, a publication for the Congress for the New Urbanism – Colorado.  The Colorado Urbanist will publish its most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Duany Plater-Zyberk...
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