Posts Tagged ‘density’
La Ditch Gauche
Fifty-eight percent of the land in SoDA (South of Downtown Area between 13th and 16th Streets and Canyon and Arapahoe) is publicly owned, and, if that space is used imaginatively, the redevelopment of the private land in SoDA will almost inevitably [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 6. Recommendations
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the final part in a six part series extracted from the report. PLAN-Boulder County believes that Boulder County is a special place. Our [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 5. Affordable Housing
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the fifth part in a six part series extracted from the report. The Boulder City Council has adopted an affordable housing goal of 10% of all [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 4. Adequate Public Services
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the fourth part in a six part series extracted from the report. The Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan has a policy stating that all new [...]
A Recipe for Cutting Colorado’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Transportation
Colorado could feasibly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cars and light trucks 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050, if local, state, and federal governments implement the right policies, Bob Yuhnke, Transportation Program Director for the [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 3. Density and Carbon Footprint
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the third part in a six part series extracted from the report. As the world strives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we face a [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 2. Regional Transportation
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the second part in a six part series extracted from the report. Transportation problems require transportation solutions. The City of Boulder [...]
Does Dense Make Sense? Part 1. Population Growth Trends
Editor's note: PLAN-Boulder County has issued a report entitled Does Dense Make Sense? This is the first part in a six part series extracted from the report. Image from http://www.thepeloton.com/ Colorado and Boulder County have a long [...]
Boulder Tops the Century Mark
After 150 years, the population of the City of Boulder has finally surpassed one hundred thousand, according to a recent estimate by the U. S. Census Bureau. The report indicated that the city’s growth rate since 2000 was 6 percent, well below the [...]
NYT | When Less Was More
We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of exuberance and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G.I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus. But when it came [...]
