Richard Murdocco | The Foggiest Idea

Connect Long Island: Right Project, Wrong Sales Pitch

Posted by Richard Murdocco | May 1, 2013 | Transportation

The following was published by Long Island Business News on May 1st, 2013:I’ve been hearing a lot about Connect Long Island, County Executive Steve Bellone’s plan to tie current and proposed transit-oriented development...

Millennials and Driving

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 25, 2013 | Transportation

The following was published on 4/25/13 on Long Island Business NewsI’ve seen articles from a diverse set of sources ranging from the New York Times to new-agey New Urbanist publications speculating why young professionals...

Tullio Bertoli: Principles for New Suburbia

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 23, 2013 | Housing

Excerpt from:PRINCIPLES FOR NEW SUBURBIA by Tullio BertoliA Meditative Manual for Sustainable Humanistic Planning”We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”(Native American...

Think Big

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 8, 2013 | Economic Development

Long Island has a few development concepts that just won’t go away. These concepts go beyond the generalities of “smart growth”, “walkable” and “downtown-feel”. These are huge and lumbering big-picture projects with regional...

You Can’t Build Your Way Out of an Economic Hole…But You Can Zone It

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 1, 2013 | Economic Development

The following piece was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 4/2/13:The following is the conversation held at every regional summit on Long Island:Advocate: Let’s keep our young people from leaving! There’s...