by guest blogger Greg Freidman There once was a plan to build a major east-west expressway through the middle of Baltimore City. The id...

I'm an advocate of the "Shared Space" concept, which began in Europe and could have great promise in the U.S. if traffic eng...

At-Grade Border Vacuums: Parking Lots and Vacant Lots The previous post on border vacuums discussed what borders were, why some borders cre...

Many of Jane Jacobs' ideas – particularly the need for cities to have mixed-use districts and “eyes on the street” – are well known by...

             It's do or die time for the Purple and Red light rail lines. If the legislature is able to raise revenue for transportatio...

Sketch of Via dei Giubbonari by Allan Jacobs by Marc Szarkowski There is a fascinating description of the Via dei Giubbonari, one of...

If you haven’t heard by now, a remarkable thing has just happened in Baltimore. If it stands, it will long be remembered as a turning point ...