A New York Times blog piece notes that it may be more carbon-neutral to live in a city than to speak for the trees.
Author: Chuck Wolfe
Charles R. (Chuck) Wolfe, M.R.P., J.D. provides a unique perspective about cities as both a long time writer about urbanism worldwide and an attorney in Seattle, where he focuses on land use and environmental law and permitting. In particular, his work involves the use of sustainable development techniques and innovative land use regulatory tools on behalf of both the private and public sectors. He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, where he teaches land use law at the graduate level. He contributes regularly to several publications including Planetizen, CityLab/The Atlantic Cities, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Grist, seattlepi.com, and Crosscut.com. He blogs at myurbanist.com.
environmental urbanist, film training edition
If you cannot wait for Lorax 3D in 2012, here you go:
more on 520: new innovation attempts compromise
Today, myurbanist offered three new options to link Seattle and the Eastside, including an “inner-city” elevated option, and two mode-split options in a green setting. It remains unclear how regional decision-makers and the Legislature will address the competing proposals to offset auto-centric impacts.
Seattle smart growth and infrastructure, solved by a blog
Here is the embedded, seattlepi.com version of the myurbanist solutions, many of which were first profiled in earlier entries.
SR 520 update: revolutionary proposal touts regional compromise
In Olympia, through a spokesperson for House Democrats, House Speaker Frank Chopp said today that “there are a lot of different ideas on 520 being discussed right now, and it is too early to say what will happen”.
One novel idea is the myurbanist “Option D-“, which combines an ornamental, pedestrianized SR 520 with a remodeled, state-of-the-art Husky Stadium, as well as a new safer seawall. “Option D-” is the only proposal to simultaneously address three regional infrastructure issues.
