Save the Date! Friday, May 2 at 6:00PM Come see author Ben Ross speak at our office on the subjects in his newest published book by Oxford University Press about the politics of transit and urbanism, Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism Please RSVP to [email protected] or 571-8566 due to limited seating. “Ben Ross’ Dead End is a highly personal account of a larger journey that we are embarked on as a nation—from sprawl to walkable communities, from anoxic, sterile neighborhoods to vibrant, transit-served urban areas that are the wellspring of innovation, economic development and cultural richness.”—John Porcari, Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Transportation “Ben Ross paints the big picture of the battle between sprawl and community from the historic perspective, to the current conflicts to a vision of a better land use process. Always focused on the human perspective with subjects as diverse as Jane Jacobs and Pete Seeger to Snob Zoning and Agenda 21, Dead End is an exciting, easy read.”—Parris N. Glendening, President, Smart Growth Americas Leadership Institute, and Governor of Maryland (1995-2003) “This impressively researched and documented history explains the huge pressures for maintaining a status quo that supports sprawl and is unfriendly to walkable cities. Ross argues convincingly that rail transit is ‘the political and mental key that opens the door to urban change.’”—Ross Capon, President & CEO, National Association of Railroad Passengers
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:51:23 +0000
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