Politics

The Planetizen News Brief - 11/12/09


4:28 minutes (4.1 MB)

Planners vs. politics, California's statewide growth strategy and Denver's light rail budget woes-- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on "Smart City".

12 November 2009 - 2:00pm

A Low Cost Way to Learn About the Future of China

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 03:01

During my first week in China, I have spoken to dozens of people and toured all over Beijing. I even have a map listing the locations of all of the McDonalds in Beijing. Spatial theorists need to write down a model to explain how a uniform distribution of McDonalds is what we observe.

While I am quite happy to be here, this is not a low cost trip. The flight over was literally a pain in the neck. I'm in trouble with my wife

Pittsburgh Preps for its Debut on the World Stage

Why the decision to host the next G-20 summit in Steel City is a good one.
8 September 2009 - 7:00am
Forbes.com

A Vote for the City

Thu, 10/16/2008 - 08:21

The answer is: “Because people today would rather not work and instead just sit at home collecting welfare checks.”

And the question? If you guessed, “What should you not say in a room full of city planning students?”, congratulations! You win. We would have also accepted, “FDR began a ton of new federal programs during the New Deal. As long as we have a $700 billion financial bailout, what programs would you enact or not enact as part of a New Deal today?” Thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you.

McCain Votes Against Transit

John McCain was one of two dozen senators to vote last week against a bill that included $1.5 billion to fund D.C. transit.
8 October 2008 - 2:00pm
Washington Post

Liveblog from the MICD Santa Rosa Technical Assistance Team Session

Fri, 07/18/2008 - 13:40

In early 2008, the Mayors' Institute on City Design received a generous gift from the Edward W. Rose III Family Fund, directed through the National Endowment for the Arts, to support technical assistance teams going into the communities of alumni mayors who have already attended one of our traditional Mayors' Institute sessions. The four cities that we selected for the pilot phase of this work were Santa Rosa, CA, Lincoln, NE, Cincinnati, OH, and Tulsa, OK.

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