Bad enough San Jose plans for a Sea of Parking around the Diridon station area, City Council also wants to make the area the most bland neighborhood this side of the Mississippi: If the final plan is adopted next year, San Jose officials said, the area could ultimately be modeled after other popular regional destinations, [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Bland-Oriented Development
Posted in planning, tagged Diridon Station, San Jose, TOD on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
YMCA Healthy Family Snapshot
Posted in bicycling on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why are so many kids obese? The YMCA has published a Health Snapshot survey that is supposed to answer this question. As is often the case with these types of studies, absolutely no mention is made of the built environment. The view of the YMCA is simply that kids aren’t getting to the gym enough. [...]
Mushhead Berkeley Environmental Commission
Posted in transit, tagged Berkeley, BRT on April 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the quirks of Berkeley City government is its 35 citizen commissions. They advise City Council on topics ranging from foreign policy to waste management. As in every other budget cycle, staff is recommending some commissions be eliminated to save time and money. With the severe economic downturn, staff may get their wish: The [...]
Blighted Farmland
Posted in planning, tagged RDA, Redevelopment, San Jose on April 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Is it possible for farmland to be blighted? That was how San Jose described the North First Street corridor, an area that was farmland not too long ago. Thanks in part to efforts of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency, it has now been paved over into office park hell. North First Street is another example [...]
