Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my blog and company website. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Please feel free to connect with me on any of the social media sites listed here. Thanks for reading.

All tagged neighborhood

Mar 14
Mar 14 How the "neighborhood unit" transformed into sprawl

Kevin Klinkenberg

Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community, New Urbanism

Mar 12
Mar 12 Switchboard, from NRDC :: Kaid Benfield's Blog :: Connected streets save lives, says new research

Kevin Klinkenberg

Transportation and Infrastructure

Good news: older neighborhoods with well-connected, grid-like street patterns are safer, too. This contradicts a widely held belief that cul-de-sac patterns are safer because they reduce traffic.

Mar 14 Mar 14 How the "neighborhood unit" transformed into sprawl

Mar 12 Mar 12 Switchboard, from NRDC :: Kaid Benfield's Blog :: Connected streets save lives, says new research

Mar 14
Mar 14 How the "neighborhood unit" transformed into sprawl

Mar 12
Mar 12 Switchboard, from NRDC :: Kaid Benfield's Blog :: Connected streets save lives, says new research