When I told my friends and family I would be traveling to Detroit to write about community resilience, I got the same reaction from everyone: Silence. Read more »
The Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive (pdf) turned one on Wednesday, offering government transparency advocates an opportunity to reflect on its successes and challenges to date. Read more »
In case this is your first time, This Week in Sharing is our weekly links post with articles, how-to's, and contests from around the web. Give em a click and add your own in the comments. Read more »
Welcome to the third installment of Shareable's weekly links post. Leave your own stories in the comments section so we can ell enjoy our weekends in linky abundance. Read more »
One of the most dramatic seizures of the commons over the past century happened right in our streets. Public roads that once belonged to everyone - kids, old people, the poor - are now are the exclusive property of motorists. Read more »
This Wednesday, September 22, is annual World CarFree Day. Around the globe, cities, organizations, and individuals will take the day to make a car-free future present for 24 hours. Read more »
Last week we published a piece by Jay Walljasper entitled "How Tax-Sharing Can Save Cities," which made a moral and economic argument for richer areas funneling tax revenues to poorer ones. Read more »
In 2002, San Francisco began requiring every residential development with 50 or more units and every commercial building with 25 or more parking spaces to have at least one space set aside for carsharing--a policy that has not only made carsharing mo. Read more »
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