Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
Travel for the soul: trains, Havasupai & Camino de Santiago by Kirsten Dirksen on April 21, 2010 I’ve never understood the allure of Paris and this week, after reading Alain de Botton’s A World Without Planes, I …
Big green Apple life: live smaller, drive less, share more by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2009 My love affair with New York began rather blindly. I moved for a short-term television job and stayed for six …
SMART: resurrecting abandoned rail north of San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 With the rising cost of gas, car commuters are returning to the rails. Amtrak and light rail are experiencing record …
Train nation: when a train beats a plane by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2009 A vast and fast network of rails is going up across Spain and soon the train may be the dominant …
SMART trains, intermodal travel and Obama’s love of the rail by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2008 In the US, we treat cars as a right and trains as a privilege. Our nation’s highways have a trust …
