THE RURBAN FRINGE

How to Kill Your Community …

… with cul-de-sacs.  For the love of infrastructure, I strongly encourage everyone to advocate for attractive, strategic design and development in your community.

Energy Efficient Rural Homes for Cold Climates

In Alaska, two prototype homes are being tested that are supposed to reduce energy bills as well as cost less to construct, reports Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News.
One prototype is octagonal.  With no hallways, this home is easier to heat, using as little as 150 gallons of oil a year.  Existing homes can use up [...]

Farmers Fight for Rail Line

As other countries – China and Russia, most notably - race to build rail lines to develop and diversify their economies and link emerging regions, Canada is busy decommissioning vital rail infrastructure across the nation.
This in and of itself isn’t too surprising.  Since the economic liberalization of the rail industry across North America years ago, companies have worked [...]

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