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On the coherency of transects and urban growth boundaries – Part one

Open space outside of Petaluma Something I find irresistible about urbanism is how well the pieces fit together.  It’s a logical, coherent theory of how the world of land use that works, or at least...

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On the coherency of transects and urban growth boundaries – Part two

Community Separator In my last post, I gave the background for a land-use conundrum that has arisen in Petaluma.  The regional rail authority, SMART, is reportedly pursuing a land swap that would...

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On the coherency of transects and urban growth boundaries – Part three

Community Separator near possible train station In my last two posts, I’ve written about a property swap being considered by SMART, the regional rail authority for the North Bay.  Initial planning for...

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On the coherency of transects and urban growth boundaries – Part four

San Francisco With this post, I’ll close my far-flung cogitations on the alternative location for the second SMART station in Petaluma and the conclusions to which my thinking led me. I fear I may have...

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Building islands of urbanism

While concluding my recent cogitations on the alternative SMART station site for Petaluma, I offered some thoughts about the future of urban growth. I suggested that (1) if a city has grown outward to...

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Why Haystack Landing can’t be everything to everybody

Aerial view of Haystack Landing site Last time, I wrote about the tentatively-named Haystack Landing, a proposed mixed-use project, with residential over retail, midway between downtown Petaluma and...

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