Point and counterpoint from City Lab and the Urbanophile talk about the pros and cons of having the governments directly maintain sidewalks.
More on two way streets
Strong Towns provides some case-studies as to how two-way streets can create a vast improvement.
The Price of Walkability
demand for walkability increases costs for housing in walkable neighborhoods.
The truth about displacement
Parking or Affordability?
Parking is one of those costs, and requirements to build parking increases the costs of homes.
Make small cities awesome to make big cities affordable
Strip malls and government regulations
If we know that we want mixed use buildings that encourage walkability, why do we keep ending up with strip malls?
Unwalkable urbanism
The waste of drive alone trips
The way in which our transportation patterns, particularly driving-alone car trips, are creating waste.