GAIL CORNWALL APR 29, 2016 The success of “joint use” programs in San Francisco and New York shows the benefits of opening schoolyards up to the local community. On a crisp, sunny Saturday morning in February, the yard surrounding San Francisco’s Alvarado Elementary School … Continue reading Playgrounds for All
LINDA POON DEC 13, 2016 A new project from Esri lays bare the geographic split between wealthy and lower-income neighborhoods. Across the metropolises of the United States, the middle class is shrinking. In 9 out of every 10 cities, the share of adults living in … Continue reading Mapping the Stark Rich-Poor Divide in Major U.S. Cities
LAURA BLISS – SEP 29, 2017 Pricey downtown streetcars like Detroit’s QLine underperform as transit—and can undermine overall mobility. But that isn’t stopping city after city from building new lines. A few weeks after the city of Detroit began charging riders a few bucks per ride … Continue reading Enough With the Streetcars Already
A parking lot and stretch of highway made from recycled toilet paper help move a portion of the sludge out of the wastewater stream. TIFFANY R. JANSEN – SEP 28, 2017 Maintaining cycling infrastructure is a matter of course in the Netherlands, a country boasting 35,000 … Continue reading The Netherlands Is Paving the Way in Toilet Paper Infrastructure
Cities aren’t using their key tool for climate action: Urban planning Too much of today’s conversation focuses on energy generation rather than urban design, land-use planning and zoning interventions. MIHIR PRAKASH DARCY JONES SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Cities generate two-thirds of global energy demand and greenhouse-gas … Continue reading Cities aren’t using their key tool for climate action: Urban planning
BY RACHEL DOVEY | AUGUST 4, 2017 As more of the world’s population moves into refugee camps and slums due to war, climate change, rural-to-urban migration and ad hoc urban planning, discussions about housing are increasingly shifting toward how to meet these makeshift neighborhoods where they’re at. Shelter Global’s annual Dencity Competition urges architects and … Continue reading 3 Winning Designs for Unplanned Cities Focus on the People Who Live in Them
What a week we had here in Miami Beach! 7.14” of rain around high tide, Tuesday August 1, 2017. Last year, in August 2016, we were fighting flood waters back home in Louisiana with the 30″ rainstorm my family receive in Livingston Parish. Climate Change … Continue reading Miami Beach flooding
AUGUST 21, 2015 BY RACHEL QUEDNAU I’ve been car-less for my whole life, but recently my boyfriend purchased a car because he needed it for his new job. Now I occasionally borrow it. Whenever I’m driving, I keep myself highly alert for pedestrians and their … Continue reading NARROW ROADS ARE BETTER THAN CROSSWALKS
Nolan Gray writes for Market Urbanism Given that “redneck” and “hillbilly” remain the last acceptable stereotypes among polite society, it isn’t surprising that the stereotypical urban home of poor, recently rural whites remains an object of scorn. The mere mention of a trailer park conjures images … Continue reading Reclaiming “Redneck” Urbanism: What Urban Planners can Learn from Trailer Parks
ALY COMINGORE -Feb 13 2017 Mayors from Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, and Columbus met to discuss their visions for renewable energy sources and the future of public transportation. Barring a major shakeup in the US Congress, this month former Texas governor Rick Perry and Oklahoma Attorney … Continue reading How Six Major US Cities Are Revolutionizing Their Transportation Systems
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