As I note in my City Talk column today (Westside arena site logical extension of downtown development), there seems to be a lot of confusion in the public discourse about the actual location of the land identified a decade ago…
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USA Today ranks Savannah among America’s “best urban green spaces”
Where should Savannah’s new arena be built? (If we get one)
In a relatively long post earlier this summer — The need for a new arena in Savannah and the next SPLOST vote — I wrote (with emphasis added): Despite the relatively clear explanations for the lack of money to build…
New Orleans’ St. Charles Avenue — a perfect street design for changing times
What’s the best way to close the racetrack on Hutchinson Island?
A few thoughts on the passing of Ben Tucker
WSJ editorial board member rants about how “the bike lobby is an all-powerful enterprise”
When it comes to biking and walking, Savannah is a tale of two cities
Maximizing public access to public places as a guiding principle of city management
A Savannah intersection voted third worst in the nation
Chatham County looks to raise fines for drivers violating crosswalk laws
Chatham County Commissioners, concerned primarily with drivers not yielding as required to pedestrians on roads like Johnny Mercer Boulevard in the unincorporated county, appear to be taking a modest step to increase fines against motorists who violate the law. From Eric Curl’s Ordinance aims to hike driver fines in Chatham County in today’s Savannah Morning News: [. . .]
Savannah has something Atlanta wants: a real city center
“The economy has changed, but the plan doesn’t need to,†said Sottile, referencing the city squares that Gen. James Oglethorpe laid out almost 300 years ago. “It survived the American Revolution, the Civil War and the 20th Century. And now it’s defining sustainability in the 21st Century.â€
Savannah horse carriage tours: where should they wait if forced to leave City Market?
Carriage horse tours being removed from Savannah’s City Market by Corey Dickstein covers a lot of interesting ground. I think it’s required reading for anyone interested in the complexities of managing a tourist-heavy historic city that also has plenty of commercial interests during the day and deep into the night.
A few final thoughts on T-SPLOST
Do Savannah area voters who soundly rejected T-SPLOST realize just how little state money we’re likely to get in coming years for new road construction, modifications for safety and efficiency, transit, and various other categories of transportation spending?