Driving Toward Bankruptcy? L.A. Is Almost There
01.21.2026
We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.
We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.
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Los Angeles and the Density Paradox
11.12.2025
The city is already overloaded with cars, yet it lacks the density needed for transit to work effectively. Moving beyond this stalemate is essential.
The city is already overloaded with cars, yet it lacks the density needed for transit to work effectively. Moving beyond this stalemate is essential.
Dear Mayor Bass: Los Angeles Can’t Double Down on Past Mistakes
01.17.2023
The homeless crisis is just part of a larger problem: our suburban form.
The homeless crisis is just part of a larger problem: our suburban form.
Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer
10.18.2021
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
When It Comes to Covid-19, Density Doesn’t Kill—Sprawl Does
08.03.2020
A new, landmark study challenges assumptions about urban design and pandemics.
A new, landmark study challenges assumptions about urban design and pandemics.
The Invented Reality of Suburbia Is Not the Norm
10.01.2019
The demographics of home buying are shifting in a different direction.
The demographics of home buying are shifting in a different direction.
Cross-Country Redux: An Architect’s Inspiring—and Dispiriting—Drive Across America
07.18.2018
Forty years after making his first trip, the author revels in the landscape and despairs about what we’ve built on it.
Forty years after making his first trip, the author revels in the landscape and despairs about what we’ve built on it.
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