Jay Walljasper’s Articles

Great Places & Communities Travel, transportation & social revitalization

Current Ideas & Issues Culture, politics & the common good

Our Place in the World America’s Greatest Neighborhood Finding my Soul through the Power of Place How Tourism Can Help Us See A Better World Europe's Undiscovered Urban Paradise Mary Tyler Moore Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (and Neither Does Prince Most of the Time) What America's Most Walkable Suburb Can Teach Towns Everywhere 11 Easy Steps to Healthy Living Mississippi River Pilgrimage: On The Road to St. Paul Surgeon General's Prescription for Health: Walk More Bicycling Means Better Business The Unrecognized Power of Neighborhoods What We Can Learn from Europe’s Urban Success Stories Rise of the Slow Travel Movement Save the Planet on Your Own Block A Latin American Hero Offers a New Vision for the World’s Cities The Future of Transportation Will Be Different Than You Think An Artists Whose Masterpiece is a Transformed Neighborhood What Rome Can Teach Us About the Good Life The Surprising Promise of Biking and Walking Mayors Are Taking Over the World Seven Gears of Separation: My Glorious Bicycle Misadventure Something Wonderful in Denmark Little Town Greens Paint the Town Green How walkable is your neighborhood? The Wheels on the Bus Go Green It's All Happening at the Park Green Cars Are Not Enough — We Need Green Cities America's Greenest Neighborhoods All Aboard! — High-Speed Rail Emerald Isle Goes Green Is Your Favorite Shop a Commons? Take Me to the River Springtime in New York Transforming malls into lively downtowns Transition Towns Bikes Paths are Among the Greatest Inventions of the Past 100 Years Walking Takes America by Storm Walking South Winter Wonderland on Two Wheels Bicycle Nation Global Warming: A Crisis By Any Other Name... The best green architecture is actually an old building Ah, Paris on Two Wheels! Swimming as a basic American right Rust Belt to the Rescue

Why Life in the Fast Lane Fails to Fulfill Us. Sustainable Breakthrough in South America’s Rainforest Good News About Your Net Worth Patron Saint of Spiritual Ecology How to Stay Sane in a Busy World The Transformative Moment is Now The Marco Polo of Mental Well-Being Unlikely Rise of Green Conservatives Heretic for Our Times Victory for the Common Good New Dimension of Taste in Fresh Food The Joy of Eating The 5th of July Stalking the Wild Apple It's Time to Reconsider Government Ownership of Companies Why the Commons Matters to Me Getting Real in the 21st Century The Kitchen We Share in Common It's Morning in America Obama's victory signals a new chapter in America's relationship with the world

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