Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

I HOPE I HAVE MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE The year ahead will be one of difficult and challenging transition. Details about major change...

  I’M LIVING PROOF It’s all about flexibility, options – housing, transit and work places that meet a broad spectrum of training, talent, in...

I’M LIVING PROOF Building, or in most cases, rebuilding a Strong Town simply gives options. My wife uses a wheelchair for mobility and the e...

I’M LIVING PROOF Compact development, investing in existing main streets and city corps works. It prevents wasting millions (make that billi...

I’M LIVING PROOF Two years ago, I weighed 310 pounds. I actually still walked quite a bit while in Europe on vacation, but my blood work pro...

I’M LIVING PROOF Instead of using two train connections, I walked farther to catch a train that would get me to within five blocks of my des...

I’M LIVING PROOF When we wanted to go someplace outdoors and different, we drove, but we did what planners strive for in 24-7 downtowns and ...

I’M LIVING PROOF I took advantage of living between two major urban corridors – Miami’s Calle Ocho and Coral Way – and walked to pharmacies,...

I’M LIVING PROOF For many years, I was one of the planners/planning storytellers who wasn’t so good at practicing what he preached. I loved ...

I75 POUNDS – DOWN FROM MORE THAN 300 I guess this is still me. But when I look in the mirror, I’m not sure it’s me. I’m used to a doub...

AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE By the time I escaped my family’s endless descent into more toxicity, by being the first Wright ever to attend colle...

I WAS TAUGHT TO MAKE FOOD MY DRUG OF CHOICE I understand the factors that made me overweight from a young age. My late mother was severely...

NEXT UP, LOSE 25 ADDITIONAL POUNDS AND EXERCISE MORE Carrying around a second “me” in belly and other fat took its toll. I started realizi...

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES It started around Thanksgiving 2019. We went out to an upscale seafood holiday buffet at a waterfront restaurant. ...

I’VE TAKEN OFF ABOUT 70 POUNDS THIS YEAR I’m not a big birthday guy. Mine is the 22 nd , this Thursday. We will probably do more for Hal...