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Toward a More Inclusive Planning Process

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson raises the issue that there are not enough minorities representing the communities that planners and designers strive to make better.
7 February 2012 - 7:00am
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Lessons From the World's Great Biking Cities

Christine Grant was fortunate enough to win a fellowship that allowed her to spend six months in the world's most bike-friendly cities. In this article she shares with us the 10 essential lessons she learned along the way.
31 January 2012 - 1:00pm
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Whatever Happened to Obama's Urban Agenda?

Writing in Grist, Greg Hanscom's position is that under Obama's guidance, the Federal Government has shifted away from subsidizing sprawl and towards reviving cities. Agree?
19 January 2012 - 11:00am
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Long Beach out to Prove that Bikes are Good for Business

Long Beach is leading California's bicycle revolution in many ways, perhaps most creatively in establishing bike-friendly shopping districts.
16 January 2012 - 12:00pm
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The Biggest News in Urbanism for 2011

Greg Hanscom, cities editor at Grist, picks his top stories for 2011, including Occupy Wall Street, bright flight and the "urban renaissance that isn't (yet)."
21 December 2011 - 2:00pm
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Potholes as Parks?

Writing in Grist, Chuck Wolfe provides a counterintuitive look at what to do about potholes and how they could become "the universal darlings of walkable urbanism".
17 December 2011 - 9:00am
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Walmart Talks Sustainability, But Keeps Sprawling

Walmart talks big about climate action, but its land-use strategy is anything but climate-friendly: It builds massive new stores on virgin land in sprawling areas, then abandons them in favor of still newer, still bigger stores, says Stacy Mitchell.
2 December 2011 - 7:00am
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Taking the Charrette to the Streets

Grist profiles Dylan House, a Brooklyn architect and "change agent" that is involving underserved community groups in charrettes to plan their urban spaces.
21 November 2011 - 5:00am
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Sharrow Backlash - Are They Working?

Proliferating faster than bike lanes or bike parking racks may be the chevron symbols in the pavement with bicycle icon informing cyclists and motorists alike to "share the road". But can too many sharrows be a bad thing, asks Grist's Elly Blue.
18 November 2011 - 2:00pm
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"Reverse Graffiti" Artist Illustrates How Dirty Our Cities Really Are

Grist profiles a British street artist who specializes in creating images on dirty urban spaces (like tunnel walls) by simply washing away the grime.
5 November 2011 - 11:00am
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Why the Suburban Exodus Hasn't Happened Yet

Greg Hanscom at Grist asks, if, as polls say, so many Millennials want to live in the city, why is the downtown resurgence a trickle rather than a flood?
18 October 2011 - 5:00am
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Friday Fizzle: Bicycling is for Losers Who Don't Get Dates

A new GM ad implies that bikes aren't a sexy mode of transport for college kids.
14 October 2011 - 1:00pm
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Building a Realistic Transit System

Tallahassee, Florida planners came to a realization - while their transit system was set up to efficiently get commuters downtown, only 14% of them actually worked downtown. So they actually changed where the buses go.
23 September 2011 - 8:00am
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Density in the Backyard

Vancouver is working to incorporate more density in traditional single-family neighborhoods by allowing additional dwellings in the backyard, adjacent to alleys.
19 September 2011 - 9:00am
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Another Look at Bicycle Advocacy

Blue argues that bicycle advocates need to consider the economic perspective of all individuals that use bicycles as transportation. Not all who bicycle do it by choice, says Blue.
19 September 2011 - 7:00am
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How to Save Local Bookstores: Encourage Bicycling

Elly Blue at Grist suggests that a market for independent bookstores could be returning along with a rise in bicycling and walkable neighborhoods.
18 September 2011 - 5:00am
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Livability Grows in China's Emerging Megacities

A new breed of developers in China are increasingly trying to make the country's new cities into pleasant, walkable and even environmentally sustainable.
18 August 2011 - 9:00am
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Art as Public Participation

Candy Chang is using public art installations to spark community involvement and input on land use.
16 August 2011 - 1:00pm
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Harvesting a Bike Frame in One Piece

Student designer Alexander Vittouris won a design award for his bicycle made out of bamboo. What's so special about that? Vittouris shaped the frame as it grew so it needed no assembly.
23 July 2011 - 11:00am
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Cities Ready for Climate Change

This top 10 list from Grist highlights the global cities best prepared to handle climate change.
4 July 2011 - 5:00am
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