2008 Study Resources
WEB SITES
Roundabouts
www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/main/
roundabouts
Milwaukee's Freeway Plan and Freeway Revolt
http://www.preservenet.com/freeways/
FreewaysParkEast.html
15 Seconds that Changed San Francisco
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/
a/2004/10/17/MNCITY1.DTL
Lessons from San Francisco
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/lessons-
from-san-francisco
Planetizen - Removing Urban Freeways
http://www.planetizen.com/node/23300
University Hill Study
http://universityhillstudy.com
Sean Kirst's Blog
http://blog.syracuse.com/kirst/downtown_syracuse
Oklahoma City Core to Shore Plan
http://www.okc.gov/Planning/coretoshore/index.html
Articles
The Next Slum?
by Christopher B. Leinberger
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/subprime
Some experts expect conventional suburbs to continue to sprawl ever outward. Yet today, American metropolitan residential patterns and cultural preferences are mirror opposites of those in the 1940s. Most Americans now live in single-family suburban houses that are segregated from work, shopping, and entertainment; but it is urban life, almost exclusively, that is culturally associated with excitement, freedom, and diverse daily life. And as in the 1940s, the real-estate market has begun to react.
Suburbs a Mile Too Far for Some
by Jonathan Karp
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB 121366811790479767.html
Nationally, the mortgage crisis and gasoline prices are accelerating the demand for close-in living among millennials (20-somethings) and baby boomers. In this Wall Street Journal article, Christopher Leinberger, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, describes the structural shift as the "beginning of the end of sprawl."
Urban Renewal, the 15th Ward, the Empire Stateway and the City of Syracuse, New York
by Aaron C. Knight, May 2007
http://acknight.com/15thWardThesis.pdf
Urban renewal programs of the 1950s through 1970s, coupled with the connection of older cities to the federal Interstate Highway system during the same time, dramatically changed the look of those cities. Syracuse, New York, is a perfect example city from which we can examine the impact – good and bad – of these developments and the effects they had.