Marc Lefkowitz | 07/03/19 @ 3:00pm | Posted in Vibrant cities
When we revisited Montreal, Canada it reminded me of what I like about cities, especially those that strike a balance between density and livability.
Marc Lefkowitz | 05/29/19 @ 4:00pm | Posted in Transit, Vibrant cities, Transportation choices, Walking
Sure, transit has been perpetually underfunded in Ohio. But a big reason transit suffers is because of low-density development that follows highways into farmlands and forests at the metropolitan edge. A deliberate effort to sprawl rather than redevelop dense nodes works against transit.
Marc Lefkowitz | 05/28/19 @ 1:00pm | Posted in Transit
For the last decade, Ohio has dropped transit funding by double digits, ignoring the national trend of driving-less young adults moving to cities and valuing freedom of mobility above ownership. The results have gone exactly as predicted. Fewer people can afford to ride transit and buses don’t come as often because RTA was asked to effectively operate in the red...
Marc Lefkowitz | 05/17/19 @ 1:00pm | Posted in Transportation choices
Cleveland Heights wrote the best Complete Streets policy in the country in 2018.
Marc Lefkowitz | 05/14/19 @ 9:00am | Posted in Climate
How significant is it that Falter is the title of Bill McKibben’s new book rather than an equally worthy—but perhaps anachronistic name—like Rise?
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