"Apart from the urban district, there will always be people who want to live in more of a suburban place like Mesa del Sol, and there are companies that will prefer a more secure research environment away from Downtown"  Read On

"This is your daily public service announcement that the establishment isn't always right and that the cities that are world-renowned today for a variety of reasons, particularly livability plus economic activity...began deprioritizing the car, car-dependence, and car-based infrastructure."  Read On

"It never should have been left out in the first place. It would be like leaving out Little Tokyo or other important cultural neighborhoods. Leimert is the cultural beating heart of the Black community. " Read On

"You wouldn't build a subway system across the Gobi desert because only the odd nomad would be around to use it." Read On

"What surprised me most was the scale of the problem," Mr. Chakrabarti said. "It's a clarion call that we don't have enough housing."  Read On

"The happiest people these days are those who leave Washington and get elected mayor or governor. The most frustrated people are people who were mayor and governor and get elected to the Senate. They end each day knowing they were busy. They're just not sure they accomplished anything." Read On

"To notice [significant] change takes a long period of time, but as long as you've got stuff out of the gate, that's a sign of a successful planning process" Read On

"It's one of the worst intersections I've ever seen. If you wanted to design an intersection to kill someone, this is what you would do." Read On