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How San Diego’s Downtown Scores on 12 Point ‘Vibrant Downtown Strategies’ Test

March 7, 2014 By Bill Adams

I-5 downtown   A recent article by John Karras, founder of consulting firm UrbanSCALE, offered “12 Strategies That Will Transform Your City’s Downtown.”  The article was a good selection of the many revitalization strategies, and addressed some important sticking points, e.g., transitioning from auto-orientation and healing the gashes created by the the last half century of urban freeway construction.  One or two of the strategies are still-controversial or not widely accepted, e.g., eliminating minimum parking requirements (even imposing maximum parking restrictions), which made the article even more of a worthwhile read. Moreover, Continue Reading How San Diego’s Downtown Scores on 12 Point ‘Vibrant Downtown Strategies’ Test

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Planning, Revitalization, San Diego Tagged With: BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, Car2Go, civic engagement, civic events, civic pride, DecoBike, Divvy, freeway caps, freeway lids, Kevin Faulconer, light rail, new urbanism, redevelopment, smart growth, TOD, Todd Gloria, transit

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