Sitemap - 2016 - Dom Nozzi’s Timeless, Lovable, Walkable Neighborhood Design

Will Our Communities Inevitably Become Worse If Our Population Grows?

Managing Parking at the Trailhead Development in Boulder, Colorado

What Are the Obstacles to Making Our Streets Safer?

Human Scale in Urban Design

Is “Restricting” Traffic Unfairly Forcing People to Live in a Town Center?

Transportation Drives Land Use Despite What Transportation Planners Tell Us

Town Planners Have No Credibility

Is It a Good Idea to Build Walkable Developments in Greenfields?

Educated Environmentalists and Missing the Forest for the Trees

Is Population Growth a Sprawl Lynchpin?

Our Sprawling Fate

Traffic Safety Suggestions to the Boulder Colorado Mayor

Getting More People to Use Transit

Bicycling in Boulder

Improving Traffic Safety in Boulder Colorado

Is More Aggressive Enforcement of Traffic Laws an Effective Way to Increase Traffic Safety?

On Reducing NIMBYism

Bicycling in the Boulder Colorado Town Center

Does Increased Transit Ridership Reduce Congestion?

Our Street Ratings are Delivering Ruin

Quality of Life in Boulder, Colorado

Letter to Council on Right Sizing Folsom Street in Boulder Colorado

Fixing Transportation Problems With Pricing in Boulder Colorado

Bean Counting is Bad for Boulder

Road Diet Opposition

Bicyclists: Should They Always Obey the “Rules of the Road”? Are They Safe on Sidewalks?

Dom Nozzi Answers a Questionnaire About Being a Town Planner

Effectively Increasing the Number of Bicyclists, Pedestrians, and Transit Users

Quality Transit is Necessary But Not Sufficient

Suburban Values Corrupting Urbanism

The Consensus on Making Cars Happy

Raising Kids to Become Environmental Conservationists

Can We Fix Sprawl by Making It Cleaner and Prettier?

Alienation from Walkability

Some Problems Associated with Low-Density Residential Living

Some Reasons Why Charging for Parking Is Preferable to Gas Taxes or Higher Cost Gasoline

Using Plain English

Different Types of Open Space

Urban Creeks: Protecting Water Quality AND Urbanism

The Forgiving Road

Flawed Design Gives Compact Development a Black Eye

The Ruin of Frontage Roads

Timelessness versus Change

The European Dream

Conditions Motivate Lifestyle Values in Community Design

Suboptimizing on Trees

The Ingredients of a Quality Street in a Town Center

Recreational Bicyclists and On-Street Parking

Can Local Government Control Which Businesses Locate on a Street?

Should We Subsidize a Town Center?

What Led Me to Become an Urbanist Despite a Suburban Upbringing?

Low-Speed Street Design Should be the Default

Effectively Stopping Development from Occurring in Remote Locations

Road Diets

One Explanation for “Scrap Offs” and Pop Ups”

Calibrating Our Community Design for Varying Lifestyles

Affordable Housing and Smart Growth

Why are SUVs More Rare in Europe than in the United States?

The Importance of Easy Access to Natural Areas

Boulder CO Struggles with Too Many Jobs

Putting a Cap on Road Size

Steve Belmont on Successful Urbanism

Suggested Topics for a Community Planning Conference

Departments of Transportation Consistently Worsen Our Communities

Squandering Leverage in Town Planning

An Unintended Consequence of Development Regulations Consistent with Long-Range Plans

Form-Based vs Use-Based Land Development Codes

Infill Development vs Sprawl Development

Defining Suburban Sprawl

Suboptimizing Bicycling Part 2

Abuse from Motorists and Off-Street Bicycle Paths

A Line in the Sand for Road Size

Parks and Recreation Planning for a City

The Human Habitat is ALSO Important for Environmental Conservation

"Hometown Democracy" in Florida

Using the Urban to Rural Transect to Make Urbanists and Environmentalists Allies

Easing Our Guilty Conscience Can Subvert Quality Urban Design

Are We “Forced” to Drive a Car?

What Direction Should the State of Florida Take With Regard to Local Government Planning?

The Big Box Church

How Road & Intersection Size Influences Development

Placing Blame

Lessons From Europe

Advice to a Friend About Finding a New Dance Venue

Traffic Congestion

Transportation Comes Before Land Use

Can Sidewalks Be Too Wide?

The Importance of a Relatively High Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

Plans by the Florida Department of Transportation to Continue Their History of Worsening Gainesville

Boulder NIMBYs Make Boulder Quality of Life Worse

On Being Attacked for Posting an Article Discounting the Alleged Benefits of Bicycle Helmets

About Traffic Congestion and Bicyclists at Intersections

Architectural Style in Boulder Junction, Boulder Colorado

Vested Interests in Drivable Suburbia or Compact Development

Removing Travel Lanes in Boulder, Colorado

The Junior Academy (Trailhead) Residential Project at 2600-block of 4th Street in Boulder, Colorado

Stopping Growth: Development Politics in Boulder, Colorado

The Fruits of NIMBYism

Horrified by Explosive City Growth in Egypt

California legislation aims to reduce sprawl: Watch Out for Unintended Consequences

Suggestions for the Springhills Development in Northwest Gainesville

Regulating Big Box (Large Format) Retail

The Second Hand Smoke of the Driving Citizen

The Tragic Lack of Leadership in City Government

Consequences of Increasing the Amount of Required Parking in a City

The Charade of Being a Member of a Transportation Design Team

Low Speed Street Design: Don't Let It Fall Through the Cracks

The Appropriateness of Nature in Cities

Is Boulder CO Too Crowded?

Is There No School Capacity Problem Because We Can Bus Students Long Distances?

Appropriate and Inappropriate Noise in a Town Center

Will a New City Commissioner Bring Meaningful Change to a Florida College Town Regarding Transportation?

Social Engineering is Okay When It Promotes Our Economic System

Local Government Development Regulations as a Recipe for Sprawl

The Red Herring of Transit and the Poor

Will Free Bus Fares Significantly Increase Bus Ridership?

American Planners and Parking

Keys to Walkability

Why Are Americans Unable to Afford to Build Lovable Buildings?

The Proposed Student Village in Gainesville Florida

The Use of Design Codes for Buildings: Are They Enough?

Quality of life in Bloomington: What needs to be done?

How Libertarians Ruin American Cities with Their Hypocritical Views

The Frustration Syndrome

Traffic Congestion: Will Synchronized Traffic Signals Reduce It?

Town Planners as Doctors

Thoughts about the Virginia Department of Transportation Plans for Bicycling and Walking in Richmond VA

Direct Democracy a Good Idea for Land Development and Transportation?

Conversation with the VDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator About Transportation and Land Use

On-Street Parking, Town Centers, Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Improving Richmond Virginia

In Town Centers the Pedestrian is the Imperative, NOT Bicyclists or Cars or Transit or the Disabled

Improving Safety for Bicyclists and Our Future Prospects

Fighting Traffic: A Review of a Book by Peter Norton

The Downward Spiral of Worsening Safety on American Streets

How Useful are Bicycle Lanes and Sidewalks in Inducing New Biking and Walking Trips?

The Enormous Irony: City and County Planners Are Increasingly the Biggest Obstacles to Beneficial Community Change

Why Are American Cities Not Able to Encourage Large Numbers to Walk?

On-Street Parking Should be Calibrated Based on Community Location

Gigantism is the Key to Our Downfall

We Need Slower AND Smaller Vehicles

Why American Drivers Seem To Be So Hostile to Bicyclists

Promoting Bicycling, Walking or Transit Will Not Reduce Congestion

Using a Car Level of Service Standard is Counterproductive

Best Ever Rock Songs

Promoting Free Flowing Traffic is a Bad Idea for Boulder Colorado

Maximum Heights for Buildings in Smaller Cities

Congestion and Transit in Toronto

Will Self-Driving Cars Free Up Parking Spaces?

A Transportation Vision for Boulder

Best-Ever Ski Quotes, Sayings, Phrases

A Conversation with Michael Ronkin about Parking

Free-Flowing Traffic Tends to Increase Emissions and Fuel Consumption

Gigantism Versus a “Small Town Feel” in Boulder Colorado

Essential Ingredients for a Walkable, Compact Town Center

Why I Became a Town Planner

A Vision for Designing a Community

Road Diets: Why Are They Not Used in Every Community?

Neighborhood Parking Permits in Boulder Colorado?

A Dinosaur Piloting the Titanic

Housing Affordability Crisis in Boulder

Transportation and Land Use Reforms in Alachua County Florida

Planners Recommending Road Widening?

The Gigantism Disease

Should We Prioritize More Efficient Buildings?

Questions and Answers About My Planning Career and Lessons Learned

Should Boulder Prohibit Bicycling on Sidewalks?

Making the Boulder Comprehensive Housing Strategy Less Controversial

One Size Does Not Fit All

Maximum Height for Buildings?

Eco-Hypocrisy

Traffic Congestion, Suburban Sprawl, Quality of Life