We here at Scaledown have written about Pittsburgh, Seattle, Vancouver and other cities which we see as having progressive urbanism and admired what they have done, Mary Newsom of Citiwire.net has a posting today that bursts the bubble, that the grass may not be greener anywhere else....

"When you came to Windsor, that must have been a huge step." "It was." A couple of weeks ago I went to hangout with my mom for the evening.  She lives at my sister's place.  My sister and her husband were out of town for the weekend so I went over with ...

Editors pick: What a difference a river makes with mayors Mayor Dave Bing has appealed to Detroit's suburban neighbors to work with his administration and help pull his struggling, near-bankrupt city from its financial mire for the ...

Cyclists Cause Less Than 10% of Bike/Car Accidents Whenever we write about bike/car "interactions" we get a lot of complaints that cyclists bring much of this upon themselves by blowing through red lights and stop signs, and generally cycling aggressively. While convalescing after being hit by a truck, Dr. Chris ...

Windsor gets failing marks, is among worst-run cities: Maclean's Is Maclean's telling us in Windsor something new or is it something that we have always known? Or! Francis galvanized by Maclean's grade Here are the numbers from Maclean's,...

What?  You're bored?  Well, let me fix that for you then... CITY OF WINDSOR WARD BOUNDARY REVIEW The time has come for the City of Windsor to investigate adjusting its ward boundaries to ...

I'm sure most of you will remember this plan from years ago.  Way back in 2001, council decided to attack the problem of traffic congestion on Cabana Road by having administration ...

I have long held the unpopular belief that there is no such thing as the "green" car.  That elusive beast that will move you around unlimited miles running on grass clippings ...