Requirements for TIAs and thresholds thereof are within the purview of local Planning Boards in New York. Not only do TIAs help them during their consideration of land use applications, but also in their analysis of the potential environmental impacts that may result from proposed development when exercising their obligations pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).
Read MoreBrooklyn’s density was 39,438 people per square mile in 2020. Saratoga Springs was 1,015, a multiple of 39. Parking partially explains this.
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The way we build communities in 2026 force us to drink and drive. We need to stop it.
Relax zoning so that property owners can realize higher returns via density.
Relax parking requirements so that the development is spatially smaller.
Organic development is not gentrification, it is investment.City grids, like any construct, do not presage success, they merely set the stage for it. Consider the garden as analogy. The grid of a garden is soil, water and sun. With this gardens can flourish. Without it, nothing will grow. Similarly, grids create the conditions for cities to succeed. Without a good grid, cities flounder.
Read MoreThe Fairmount neighborhood in Ft Worth, known for the wonderfully renovated historic homes, has special streets. They form a tight grid of short blocks which endear itself to finding new and interesting routes. The many T-intersections and narrow street widths keep racing drivers at bay. Fairmount has many lessons for those creating 15-minute neighborhoods.
Read MoreThis blog documents a summer resort community in New York known as Thousand Island Park. It was founded 145 years ago, before the onslaught of the automobile, and has largely been able to evade motordom’s makeover. In addition to being a delightful way to summer, it is also an ideal locale to explore the street grid and street design details that inspire city makeovers.
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