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Making personal connections aboard the bus
Another drippy forecast derailed my plan to check out possible great streets in the Napa Valley. And with final holiday preparations underway, I can’t reschedule the trip until after Christmas. (Had...
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Looking back and looking ahead
Downtown Petaluma In my last post, I presented my urbanist resolution for 2015. I vowed to dig more deeply into the reasons why suburbia is failing and why urbanism is part of the solution. I...
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Tackling the bigger transit questions
Petaluma Transit Bus I chair the Petaluma Transit Advisory Committee. It’s a good gig that I enjoy greatly. I have a fine group of fellow committee members and appreciate the effort that the Transit...
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Tidying up the urbanist loose ends
Historic train depot in Petaluma There always seems to something further that can be written on past topics. Today will be a day to add supplement details to past discussions on transit funding,...
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Covering the transit spectrum
Petaluma Transit bus A recent report caused me to ponder the role of transit in small towns, including Petaluma where I live. And to reject one of the lesser strategies offered by the authors. The...
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We’ll talk about murals, but only after transit
I promised that today’s post would be about the murals newly adorning American Alley in Petaluma. And it will be, but only after I chat about a transit issue that is even more essential to the future...
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Supporting SMART by attacking the last mile with buses
Petaluma Transit bus in downtown Petaluma In a few days, I’ll help introduce some clever and insightful ideas of others, proving one more time that it’s better to be associated with clever people than...
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Circling back to buses and books
Petaluma Transit bus I have several North Bay updates to share today, from new and improved bus routes in Petaluma to a revisited book club to a request for reading list suggestions. A couple of months...
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After a few community announcements, April Fools’ Day – Part 1
Current Community Separator Before getting onto today’s “business”, I have reminders of three upcoming meetings of potential interest to North Bay urbanists, particularly those in Petaluma. Connecting...
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Is it time for regional government?
Housing in Goose Hollow District of Portland Events might be leading the Bay Area to a fundamental change in our pattern of governance. I think it’d be a good change although, as on most topics, I...
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