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Zoning should keep walkable neighborhoods walkable

Tulsan Sarah Kobos has another insightful essay up at the Strong Towns website, illustrated with her own photos of lousy urban design right here in our hometown. While she's willing to forgive the urban design errors of the post-World War II decades, she politely asks cities to stop making them...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 21, 2017 10:44 PM

Bartlett Jr boots Riverside sidewalks

It has been the City of Tulsa's policy for at least 15 years to build sidewalks when rebuilding arterial streets. During the recent reconstruction of Yale Avenue between 21st and 31st Streets, utilities were moved and sidewalks were built on both sides of the street, allowing safe passage for pedestrians...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 22, 2014 4:06 PM

Travel, tourism, and urban news roundup: Spring break in Oklahoma, Norman Rockwell in Bentonville, marketing your small town

Time to tame the tabs. Here are a few articles worth your notice: Natasha Ball has compiled This Land's list of 50 Best Spring Break Things to Do in Oklahoma. For all my years and all my travels, I see plenty of items that I have yet to accomplish and...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 19, 2013 7:02 PM

The three rules of city comfort

What makes a city a desirable place to live? Author David Sucher has written a book called City Comforts which tries to isolate the keys to answering the above question effectively. Here's the home page for the book: Our purpose is to help make our urban civilization more...well...civilized. By and...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 5, 2004 7:44 AM