What I'm about to describe here sounds almost like a parody of suburb street-development-by-plumbers, but this is what's on the table tonight at the Board of Public Works Meeting: *LETTER FOR GREENDALE RELATIVE TO A JOINT APPLICATION FOR S. 51ST STREET – RAWSON AVENUE TO COLLEGE AVENUE FOR...

GoogleMap image uploaded with plasq's Skitch! We have a fairly serious transparency problem here in Franklin. The city website is fairly incomprehensible, and staffing shortages mean that it'll be a long time before resources can be devoted to making it easier for people to know what meeting...

The AP reports that driving in America has undergone its most dramatic decline in history, as Americans drove 100 billion fewer miles during the 12-month period ending October 2008 compared with the prior year. “The fact that the trend persists even as gas prices are dropping,� said Transportati...

The question is asked in this article: "Who wants parking spaces to be the hallmark of a development?" Answer: Every developer in Franklin, Wisconsin. ABOVE: Shoppes at Wyndham Village/Target From The Washington Post: Where the Car Is King, Tysons Faces a Dilemma Urban Planners Take Aim at Free Park...

Though this blog is more concerned with improving present suburban communities than it is in seeing them wiped out, a story in today's New York Times paints a pretty dismal picture for those suburbs that are even more far-flung - - the so-called "exurbs"; collections of subdivisions th...

James Howard Kunstler, whose name pops up often in this blog, is currently promoting his new novel, World Made by Hand, thus his somewhat higher profile in mainstream media. Just in the nick of time, too. From The Washington Post.: Wake Up America. We're Driving Toward Disaster. By James Howard ...

A difficult pill to swallow for suburbanites - the culture of "happy motoring" and routine 45-minute daily commutes, one person to a car, is coming to an end. And we're stranded in suburbia without sane mass transit options. Heaven help us when we get too old to drive. Stranded in Suburbia...

This home on Hettiefred Road in Greenwich, Conn., came close to being auctioned off three times as a result of foreclosure actions. But each time, its owner managed to rescue his position. ( Douglas Healey for The New York Times) From the New York Times: April 25, 2008 By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEYGREENWICH...

I guess my favorite example of the kind of short-sighted thinking that opponents of comprehensive public transit engage in can be encapsulated by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Patrick McIlheran's now infamous blog entry (unlinkable today - jammed because of - choke - Favre's retirement news F...

Think I exaggerate? Well, you won't after taking a little stroll through a document entitled "Operation and Easement Agreement Between Target Corporation and Wyndham Village Retail, LLC for Shoppes of Wyndham Village Shopping Center, Franklin, Wisconsin." This is a document on file with th...