Entries by Matt Bevilacqua | Next City
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Five Reasons Why Toronto Mayor Rob Ford May Have Smoked Crack Cocaine
What sober politician with his city’s best interests in mind would engage in the following?
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Chicago Considers Reining in the Pedicabs
An ordinance now on the table in Chicago would impose some of the strictest regulations on pedicabs proposed anywhere in recent months.
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North of Salt Lake City, a 21st-Century Highway Revolt
For years the Utah Department of Transportation has had a highway extension north of Salt Lake City in the works. But if resident advocacy and environmental groups had their way, UDOT would scrap the West Davis Corridor altogether.
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L.A.‘s Mid-Century Past May Be Sexy, But It’s Still the Past
California may be getting denser, but that doesn’t mean nostalgia for its storied car culture is going anywhere fast.
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Last Year’s Curbside Bus Crackdown Based on Faulty Evidence, Critics Say
Federal authorities shut down 26 curbside bus operators last year. Now, some critics say that the governmental report that inspired the crackdown relied on bad data.
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With Guns, 3D Printing Has Gone from Economic Antidote to Cyberpunk Nightmare
Many U.S. cities are excited by the promise of 3D printing to revive the moribund domestic manufacturing sector, but when an Austin non-profit last week successfully shot the world’s first 3D printed gun, urban leaders nationwide had to face new questions.
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Youngstown Votes to Let Fracking Continue
Voters in Youngstown, Ohio on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have banned drilling for oil and gas within city limits.
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By Hiding Wires from Disneyland, Anaheim Making Its Streetcar Too Expensive
Do overhead wires really harm views to such an extent?
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This City’s Cashed: Calif. Supreme Court Allows Zoning Against Medical Marijuana
The California Supreme Court has allowed cities and counties to zone against medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Plan for Downtown Fort Worth Hits All the Pro-Pedestrian Notes
The draft of a new 10-year plan for development in Downtown Forth Worth puts an emphasis on walkers (and the things they walk to).
