Humor
Friday Eye Candy: Making Subway Lines Visible From an Airplane
The transit map is useful, but doesn't always capture the scale of the engineering feat that produced the world's subways systems.
Friday Funny: A New Hand Signal for Begging Drivers Not to Kill
This is another one of those "funny" articles, in that it's satire about a tragic state of affairs.
Urban Wildlife Pulled Off Death-Defying Stunts in St. Paul and D.C. This Week
Call it wildlife gone urban.
Sunday Fun: 'MTA Country' Video Game Recreates the New York Subway Commute
Spend your free time dealing with the frustrations of your commute, but in video game form.
Friday Eye Candy: Meet the 'Subway Creatures' of Instagram
This one is for the people watchers.
Tiny Home Taken Beyond the Next Level—300 Micrometers
The tiniest house anyone has ever seen.
Friday Funny: A Satirical Adaptation of 'The Best of All Possible Worlds' from Candide
This version is called 'The Best of All Possible Plans.'
Friday Funny: I'll Do Anything to Solve Homelessness, But I Won't Do That
A satirical post for McSweeney's about the typical approach to the country's growing number of homeless brought to mind a famous song by Meat Loaf.
If Traffic Costs Americans Billions, What About Waiting for Coffee?
The folks over at City Observatory brew up a "Cappuccino Congestion Index" to show that anything can be shown to cost Americans vast sums of money.
Friday Funny: What Your Cocktail Says About Your Planning Politics
What does the flavor of your drink say about the flavor of your urbanism?
Meme Urbanism 101
They heard you like transit, so they put transit in your memes. (If you don't know what that means, read on.)
Friday Fun: Choose the Best in the 'World Cup of Transit Maps'
The perennial debate is renewed, and potentially resolved: Which city's metro system has the best transit map?
Friday Fun: 'World's Greatest Indoor Miniature Village' for Sale
It's a big little deal. Or is it a little big deal?
Dayenu!
Those of us who cherish cities have much to be grateful for (at least in some cities).
Trump's 2020 Budget Includes a New 'Planning and Vision Implementation' Agency
The centerpiece of the Trump Administration's draft budget outline for 2020 is the creation of a new Cabinet-level department tasked with solving the nation's planning and infrastructure challenges.
Amazon Picks Springfield Over Quahog and South Park for HQ2 Location
The pundits got it wrong.
Facebook Launches New 'Smart City' Experiment: Zuckerburgh
Facebook has announced plans for a new kind of city, which will begin as a new digital layer over reality in Menlo Park, California before quickly spread over everything.
Ben Carson Models Office Renovation on Le Corbusier's Radiant City
At a press event and photo op to reveal his newly renovated office, Secretary Ben Carson showed off his recently acquired knowledge of planning history.
Trump, Cuomo, de Blasio All Take the Subway in New York at the Exact Same Moment
The "Unity of the Transit Trinity" has been achieved.
Friday Funny: Portlandia Is Over
It's a sad day. Portlandia will no longer skewer the idiosyncrasies of enlightened urban lifestyles.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
