Our host spent the last winter living in
Culdesac, an urban community outside Phoenix intended to make car-free life desirable and affordable. Now PBS is giving the place some attention:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/development-near-phoenix-tests-whether-car-free-living-is-sustainable-in-sprawling-citiesI've wondered how people would live somewhere like this during the extreme heat of Arizona summers, and I appreciate that the story addresses this. It makes a good point, which is that roads, parking lots and other expanses of asphalt contribute to a heat-island effect that makes the heat problem worse. Dense walkable neighborhoods with trees and other sources of shade will actually stay cooler than the standard urban template.
