27 Ideas for Keeping the Twin Cities Prosperous
Over two articles for MinnPost, Jay Walljasper identifies 27 ideas for improving education, attracting young talent, encouraging diversity, boosting planning and design, and addressing a host of other issues that could benefit Minneapolis-St. Paul, or any other metro area. Each idea has been inspired by specific examples from other locales.
"I present the following ideas not as a detailed road map to a brighter future," writes Walljasper in the introduction to "27 Bright Ideas We Should Steal from the Rest of the World" [PDF], "but as a way to stimulate our own creativity to tackle problems and seize opportunities that lie ahead. In a world becoming ever more global in its outlook and operations, it’s crucial to find inspiration and borrow ideas from everywhere."
Topics
- Infographic: Space Allocation by Population in 15 U.S. Cities
- Denver Freeway Expansion Makes a Bad Situation Worse
- A Tipping Point in the Geography of the Creative Class?
- What Made It Possible for Oregon to End Single-Family Zoning?
- Master-Planned Cities in the Spotlight
- Op-Ed: Lakewood's Growth Cap Is 'Climate Arson'
- SUVs Kill Pedestrians—and They Have for a Long Time
- Research: Transit Times Determine Social Networks
- Report: Lack of Apartments Contributes to the Housing Affordability Crisis
- No Quick Fixes for L.A.’s Transit Ridership Woes
- Uncertain Future of Portland’s Neighborhood Associations Causing Controversy
- As Extreme Weather Becomes More Common, Dams Become More Vulnerable
- The Argument Against Home Ownership
- French 'EcoTax' Targets Air Travel to Benefit Rail Network
- Sidewalk Labs' Quayside Plans Get First Public Hearing in Toronto
- Wave of New Apartment Building in Sydney Means Relief for Renters
- Does the Plan to Revitalize a D.C. Canal Too Much Resemble the High Line?
- Parking Minimums Not Required in a Larger Section of Houston
- 'Vision Zero 2.0' Launched When Vision Zero 1.0 Didn't Save Any Lives
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credits Lose Luster in the Post-GOP Tax Reform World
