Marc Lefkowitz | 07/25/19 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Climate
“We will have 1,000 years of rising global temperatures,” David Orr, distinguished professor emeritus of Oberlin College’s Environmental Studies program led off a Candid Conversation on Climate Change at the Cleveland 2030 District and American Institute of Architects event. “We’ve cast a long shadow on our children’s future.”
Marc Lefkowitz | 07/05/19 @ 11:00am | Posted in Climate
Perched on an island in the St. Lawrence River between two sides of Montreal, the Biosphere that Buckminster Fuller designed for the World Fair, Expo 67, and in 1991 was up-cycled as a museum focused on the environment says and does a lot about one hot topic.
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...
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