It’s Time to Rethink Our Roads

Idea #9 It’s Time to Rethink Our Roads by Erick Guerra The first Highway Capacity Manuals—the guidebooks for how, where, and what types of roads get built in the United States—are refreshingly upfront about why we built our current road system: “to serve traffic.” In this respect, our national roadbuildingRead More

Plant Trees Strategically and Wisely

Idea #7 Plant Trees Strategically and Wisely by Frederick Steiner Design is how we articulate and visualize different possibilities for our future. Design can address mitigation, adaption, and transition in response to climate change. All three require that we follow Ian McHarg’s advice and “design with nature.” The Kentucky poetRead More