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Michael E. Arth is an artist, home & urban designer, and policy analyst. In 1999, he founded an urban design movement called New Pedestrianism (NP). He proposes that all new towns and neighborhoods have completely separate transportation networks. The streets for cars would be at the rear of all homes and businesses, and the mixed-use lanes for pedestrians and cyclists would be in front. These compact pedestrian villages would drastically increase low-impact alternative travel and social interactions.

In 2001, Arth bought up 32 homes and businesses in a neighborhood known as "Cracktown" in DeLand, FL. He personally kicked out the drug dealers and rebuilt the historic area into the pedestrian-friendly "Garden District." The story is the subject of the award-winning documentary, "New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism."

His latest book is "Democracy and the Common Wealth: Breaking the Stranglehold of the Special Interests." He is currently running for governor of Florida with no party affiliation.

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