I'm not a big fan of the potshots he takes at New Urbanism and Smart Growth. He seems to not have much of a grasp on the changing demographics of urban versus suburban populations, or the impetus behind higher density construction in urban centers.

For example, this sentence is complete nonsense:

  Instead, they favor policies, such as “smart growth” 
  and an insistence on “renewable” energy sources, that 
  would make the area look like a gated community—a green 
  one, naturally.

Gated communities are typically residential subdivisions. "Smart Growth" planning focuses on mixed-use development and walkable (to buy groceries, shop, work from professional offices, etc) neighborhoods.