Demand Response

Dark blue shuttle van driving past colorful orange and yellow North Hollywood subway station in Los Angeles, California.

It's a Bus! It's a Van! It's… Microtransit?

Microtransit is in vogue. Cultivating a strong understanding for what it can and can't do will help prevent you from getting rizzed up by this charismatic mode of transportation.

December 9, 2025 - Joshua Woods

The Far-Reaching, Lasting Effects of Low Oil Prices

With SUV sales up, car sales down, and mileage driven up, the effects of lower gas prices could soon extend to land use, making suburban and exurban commuting more affordable. Economists have a term for these effects: demand response.

February 24, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - The Outlook

Paying People Not to Use Energy

It's an idea being used in Idaho and other areas with heavy energy use at peak times like midday air conditioning: energy companies are paying people to power down during max loads.

March 3, 2010 - The New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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