The forces of change whose emblem is the bulldozer, and the forces of preservation whose totem is the tree, are everywhere at war in this country…
-Joel Garreau (1991) Edge Cities
Posts under ‘Thursday Quote’
Thursday Quote: US Growth
Thursday Quote: “Natural” Car Use
“There is no such thing as a natural level of car use. The number of cars used in the city is a political decision. Traffic problems don’t come from more cars, they come from more roads…”
-Former Mayor of Bogota Enrique Penalosa
Thursday Quote: A Lesson on Growth
“Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how.”
- Edward T. McMahon
Thursday Quote: City Planning
“We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.”
-Enrique Penalosa
Thursday Quote: Density
“Higher density housing offers an inferior lifestyle only when it is without a community as its setting.”
- Andres Duany
