We will soon be leaving the first quarter of the 21st century behind us. But in the minds of our transportation planners, the punditry, and some real estate interests, the way forward is actually to step back read more »
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California 2022: 400,000 Leave, Yolo County Grows the Most
California continues to lose population, according to the latest State Department of Finance estimates for the year ended July 2022. read more »
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Why Would Automakers Threaten AM Radio in Flyover Country?
We have a relationship with AM radio that folks in other parts of the country maybe can’t understand. So our antennae go up when the electric-vehicle revolution begins to eliminate the “amplitude modulation” band from new vehicles read more »
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The Future of Cities: The Urban Future – The Great Dispersion
This chapter describes general urbanization trends in the United States and around the world, from 1950 to the present. Cities can be glamorous or exciting, but what matters most is how they facilitate higher incomes and standards of living. read more »
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Vehicle Miles Traveled Gets a Killer Boost
It seems as if anything can be done – truly anything – if it is in the name of safety. read more »
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Where's the Electricity?
One of the best-known quotes was “where’s the beef?“ from Clara Peller who was a manicurist and American character actress who, at the age of 81, starred in the 1984 advertising campaign for the Wendy’s fast food restaurant chain.
Today, the huge dark cloud over EV projected sales, is the availability of electricity to charge batteries which leads us to the quote for the foreseeable future, Where’s the electricity? read more »
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No More Car Ownership?
When I heard that the World Economic Forum proposed to ban car ownership, I dismissed it as left-wing nonsense read more »
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California: Most Urban and Densest Urban State
The 2020 Census reveals California to have both the highest urban population density and the highest urbanization share of total population among the states. read more »
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How the California Dream Became a Nighmare
For Americans, California once looked like the future. It was a state defined by risk-taking and utopian dreaming. Yet for most Californians today, the upward mobility so central to the state’s ethos is rapidly disappearing. read more »
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The Future of Cities: American Aspiration is Metropolitan
Too many urbanists start their analysis of cities too late. They look at booming urban areas and see the amenities and jobs as the essential building blocks of urban dynamism. But before those amenities and jobs existed, these were places of aspirations with ambitious founders. read more »
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