ARTICLES
The Original Articles archives of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss practical and conceptual ideas for designing, building and managing character towns and small cities that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous places for residents, businesses and visitors.
AV/EV Big Rigs with Interstate Highway Intercept Centers.
The Future. Prognosticators believe, rightly so, that sooner or later the nation’s 18-wheel truck fleet will be made up of […]
Barton-Aschman Associates Inc.
“Barton-Aschman Associates Inc., founded in 1985, was one of those special planning firms with a dedicated staff, a strong ethical […]
Be a 21st Century Main Street.
Find the Role for Main Street. As e-commerce continues to intrude into the downtown market place, as the next generation […]
Be Innovative; Create a Tech-Driven Small City Main Street.
Small City Innovation Advantages. Small cities and towns have a tremendous advantage over larger communities when it comes to innovation […]
Be Social; Plan for a Social Main Street
A Vision: Main Street as the Small City’s Social Center. Main street has done a lot for America; and more […]
Be Strategic, Leverage Every Main Street Asset
The place where commercial, civic and residential lives converge. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with public buildings, gathering […]
Being Analytical, Tools to Get the Details Right.
STRATEGY IS A GUIDE TO A SET OF ACTIONS, BASED ON ANALYSIS. Strategies are comprehensive, long-range and forward-thinking; they consider […]
Being Self-Sufficient, Special Main Street Districts
Make “Special Districts” Special. A downtown district, as a legal and geographically specific entity has the opportunity to control its […]
Benefits of Trees
Excerpts from the Arbor Tree Foundation Trees can add value to your home, help cool your home and neighborhood, break […]
Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness.
Fractals, like the Powers of Ten, is a concept seemingly unrelated to urban design and city planning. However, understanding natural […]
Best Cities for High Schools
Best Cities for High Schools were ranked by U.S. News and World Report. The results are important because of the […]
Best Cities for TDM
Best Cities forTDM reflects the fact that many American cities have extensive TDM programs that promote multi-modal mobility to all […]
Livability.COM
Livability is a great source for information about what makes small cities great places to live. “The best downtowns foster […]
The 2014 Best-Performing Cities Report
Best Performing Cities is a report from the Milkin Institute [2014]. It reports where America’s jobs are created and sustained. […]
Bleak views of melting Antarctic ice, from above and below
From Yale Climate Connections Images from satellites high above the Earth have helped a research team put together a stark […]
The Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2
Monthly readings through Sept. 2022. The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. […]
Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through December 2020.
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorablyupward secular trend.
Bloomberg Carbon Clock through December 2022.
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of […]