February 7, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Diana Lind of Next City has created a brilliant two-minute video highlighting what’s great about public transit.
It takes the style of the terrific Dod… Continue reading
November 30, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Wow. For cities to succeed environmentally, they also need to be fun, right? Sprawl is dying and cities are the answer, but to finish the job one of ou… Continue reading
November 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
One of the most important aspects of any city is its collective commons, so to speak: the shared public spaces where people gather, be they streets, squares,… Continue reading
April 23, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Can placemaking – in short, the building or strengthing of physical community fabric to create great human habitat – be a “new environmentalism”? … Continue reading
January 6, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The video at the end of this post is a rare and engaging inside peek at two planning workshops in the small, historic city of Belfast (population 6658) and th… Continue reading
November 7, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Environmental advocates have long given priority to protecting natural ecosystems and wildlife habitat. The organization I work for is called the Natural Res… Continue reading