July 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
There is no more famous American road, and possibly no more evocative representative of the things we collectively call “Americana,” than US Route 66, … Continue reading
June 25, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I believe that historic preservation in the right context – a healthy neighborhood – can be intrinsically green. Most historic buildings, at leas… Continue reading
April 12, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
We expect forward-looking sustainability planning from places like Portland, Vancouver and Copenhagen. Los Angeles? Not so much. Southern Califor… Continue reading
April 6, 2012
by Reduce
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Next month, hundreds of bargain hunters will descend upon El Cerrito, Calif., a San Francisco bedroom community just north of Berkeley, for the city’s semiannual citywide garage sale. About 65 homes will host individual garage sales, and shoppers can drive from sale to sale, securing deals on secondhand goods that might have otherwise ended up [...] Continue reading
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by Amanda Eaken
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Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco
Whenever I tell my New York City family that I’m working to create transit in LA, I get a quizzical look that falls somewhere between skepticism and outright di… Continue reading
March 5, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I am of the opinion, which is by no means universally held, that the Interstate Highway System, whose construction was begun in the 1950s, was good for America, or… Continue reading
November 14, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
You are looking at something called a “diverging diamond” interchange. Don’t ask me to explain how it works or why it’s called that b… Continue reading
June 20, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC The American Society of Landscape Architects has terrific, informative videos on its site. Their latest shows how to make much better use of ‘dead spots’ … Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 15, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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As I mentioned last post, I just returned from a strategic planning retreat with my NRDC colleagues. Intense, but amiable and very productive. Somehow, to top it off, my first day back at work in DC – yesterday – was spent in pa… Continue reading
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