Kea Wilson wrote:
After interviewing more than a hundred Washington state residents with mobility challenges who can’t or don’t use a car, researchers at the Disability Rights Washington found that respondents “overwhelmingly” cited “the poor condition or absence of sidewalks” as the biggest barrier to getting where they needed to go, followed closely by problem...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
Reducing or eliminating single-family zoning has been a hot topic in recent years as cities and states struggle to create more affordable housing and keep up with rising demand. "So far only Oregon has passed a state-level ban on single-family house zoning. If California’s S.B. 9 gets final passage and is signed...
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Daniel Herriges wrote:
What happens when you expand a congested road?
There are actually two different effects that get lumped together under the heading "induced demand."
Effect 1: In the near term, expanding a road causes drivers to alter their travel patterns to use it more.
Effect 2: In the medium to long term, expandin...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
"Every recent survey reports that the rush-hour commute is, to most of the drivers who endure it, the most difficult and unpleasant part of their day," writes Alan Ehrenhalt. "It is also the most alienating." Yet "[i]t shouldn’t be forgotten that the solo commute is a creation of the 20th century. I...
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Michel Durand-Wood wrote:
Effecting change in a city is like a stack of stones. And successfully moving the top stones requires a strong base of lower stones.
So if you’re working your tail off and feeling like you’re getting nowhere (or worse, the vortex!), you’re probably working at too high a level. You need t...
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Oscar Perry Abello wrote:
The Oakland People’s Plan promises to be different. In a typical arrangement, the city would hire a consulting firm with planning experience to lead the process, and then that firm might subcontract community groups to facilitate community engagement. Instead, under the Oakland People’s Plan, the 30 groups proposed to lead th...
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Guillaume Rischard wrote:
There are many recent developments in New York I wish we’d copied. Ambitiously blanketing the city with open streets was a great idea, and I understand why many of you want to make them permanent. Cities like Ghent do this on a much smaller scale, but they complete the streets with benches...
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Cinnamon Janzer wrote:
While the deployment of electric buses can help mitigate the air quality impacts of public transportation, transit authorities often face budgeting constraints that center cost reduction rather than equity — until now.
University of Utah researcher and associate professor Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, in cooperation with the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), recently develope...
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URBAN HUB wrote:
The future city mixes it up
Mixed-use development is the future of the city. Toronto’s ambitious Sidewalk Labs is already making this case. These developments rely on modular building systems that bring together residential and commercial living with public facilities and parks.
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The streets of the future city are sm...
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Thomas Dougherty wrote:
American demographics are changing and so are housing needs. According to a 2017 exposition held by AARP and the National Building Museum, entitled “Making Room: Housing For a Changing America,” 28% of the American population is single people living alone. Yet almost 90% of the nation’s residential units consist of two o...
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