Rodney Rutherford
Rodney volunteers as a planning commissioner in Kirkland, WA (USA). Prior to that, he served on his neighborhood association board for eight years, represented neighborhoods on Kirkland’s Housing Strategy Plan Advisory Group in 2017, and influenced the update of neighborhood plans in 2018. Co-founded LiveableKirkland.org to collaboratively envision places for everyone in our community, and created StrongWA.org to bring together Strong Towns advocates across the state.
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This example text is used in the SmartCode template, at item 1.6.1: "Twenty years after the approval of a Regulating Plan, each Transect Zone, except the T1 Natural and T2 Rural Zones, shall be aut...
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I tend to think that parks in low-density areas are not so useful...unless there's something significant to bring people together. People in these areas already have the amenities that a park offer...
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I'd made more workplace connections with the prior book ('bottom-up revolution'), especially similarities to iterative/agile project management models (in contrast to the waterfall development mode...
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Thanks for sharing more of the context. Given the lack of existing investment or productive places along that road, I think the Strong Towns approach would avoid pouring a bunch of money to convert...
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Is this the density bonus incentive program you're referencing? https://www.meyersnave.com/wp-content/uploads/California-Density-Bonus-Law_2021.pdf (or, if not, could you provide a link to informat...
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What you're describing seems surprising on a few fronts. Could you give some specific examples? In my experience, upzoning is typically executed by the city across a broad area. Upzoning individual...
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(disclaimer: I'm not a professional in planning or transportation...but then again, I think that few of us on Strong Towns are.) Giving this just a quick glance, this sounds like a classic example ...
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Continuing to answer my own question with resources from Strong Towns, I see more useful guidance in 'Confessions' chapter 9: "Transit is a wealth accelerator when it is used in support of producti...
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Searching around a bit, I found some guidance in this article, which I also recall reading in the Strong Towns book. In short, it highlights the importance of considering the ratio of public/infras...
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The part now up for debate is the zoning around the station area, balancing opportunity to enable and focus sustainable growth (to reduce the aggregate burden across the region) vs. the risk of all...
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