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L.A.'s New Transit Oriented Communities Guidelines Are a Boost for Affordable Housing
The city of Los Angeles is taking substantive action to provide incentives for affordable housing development.
A Database of Urbanism-Related Research
A new project is intended to forge connections between research and practice in the world of urbanism.
Faster, No Matter the Cost
Kerry Cavanaugh argues that the interests of drivers are standing between California and the policies it should be pursuing.
Octopus City Discovered
Scientists discover a 15-octopus 'city' off of the eastern coast of Australia, the second such colony of cephalopods.
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The Advancements and Challenges Affecting Wind Turbine Implementation
Airborne wind turbines and batteries are just two technological advancements pushing the next generation of wind energy.
Universities See a Real Estate Upside in Merging with Smaller Schools
Larger universities, like Boston University, have begun swallowing up smaller schools that offer new students and a goldmine of real estate in dense urban areas.
Bodegas Are Vital to Urban Neighborhoods
Bodegas play an essential role in the communities they serve. Under threat by online retail and encroaching chain stores, they face a new danger from technology. New York YIMBY gives them a well-deserved shout-out.
Maglev: Now Arriving in Beijing
Maglev trains are often touted for their performance in difficult conditions and their use of electric power.
Sunday Fun: Street Art Tours of the World
Street art tours offer colorful glimpses of global cities.
Cheaper Parking Bathed in Purple in Walnut Creek
A new on-street parking regime comes with a royal purple color scheme in a ritzy suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Governor Larry Hogan's $9 Billion Highway Plan Critiqued
Governor Larry Hogan's $9 Billion Highway Plan Critiqued
D.C. Could Offer Cash for Walking and Biking to Work
Washington, D.C. already has the highest percentage of commuters in the country walking and biking to work; a new bill aims to provide even more incentives to leave the car at home.
Op-Ed Pins Britain's Housing Crisis on its Green Belts
The green belts that hem in developed areas in Great Britain are set arbitrarily, according to this op-ed in The Guardian, and the boundaries have outlived their usefulness.
Hurricane Dreams
A series of thoughts about walking, biking, and community after Hurricane Irma.
Bike Center to Salvage Abandoned Building on Closed Military Base—Not So Fast
The bicycle community in San Diego came up with a win-win-win: an innovative bike center in an abandoned building on a closed military base next to downtown and a major biking route. Then came the real world of unreal bureaucratic concerns.
Battle of the Bay: S.F. and Oakland Sue Oil Companies Over Sea Level Rise
Two California cities are going after oil companies with a legal argument that recalls the legislation against big tobacco companies in the 1990s.
No Dogs Allowed at One Colorado State Park
A state park in the Colorado Springs area tried allowing dogs on trails over the summer, but too many people complained about the impact of the canines on the wilderness experience.
Salvaging Historic Building Materials for Job Creation and Environmental Benefit
A proposed ordinance would save derelict buildings from the wrecking ball, and send them to the salvage yard instead.
Miami Beach: A Model of Climate Adaptation for Coastal Cities?
How did the seven square mile, four-foot high barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean off Miami and Biscayne Bay hold-up to Hurricane Irma? The city arguably has done more to adapt to sea level rise in recent times than any other coastal city.
The New Tijuana: Not Your Parents' Tacky Tourist Day Trip Anymore
On a recent tour of Tijuana for young land use professionals, San Diego architect Marin Gertler found a city that used the drought of U.S. tourism in the last decade to redefine and refine its urban core.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
City of Clovis
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
