Taking Flight
"Just as shipping ports and train terminals were once catalysts for commerce, airports have become the hub for today's modern global economy, as well as a focus for new patterns of development.....A proposed development plan for Jamaica, Queens, in New York City, aims to transform and revitalize a once-prominent downtown area by drawing upon Jamaica’s proximity to JFK International Airport and the arrival of the new AirTrain terminal to be built at the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) transportation center. This, in fact, may be the first time that an airport-related development plan, typically reserved for suburban greenfield environments, is being proposed for an existing downtown area." Editor's note: The full text of this story is only available to ULI members.
Thanks to Mark Strauss
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- Virgin Trains, Formerly Brightline, Planning Eight Expansion Corridors
- That's Mixed-Use: Housing on Top of a Bus Yard
- Planning for Crime Reduction
- Where Campus Planning Meets Urban Planning
- When Cities Prosper, Rural Areas Are Better Off
- Putting a Bow on Top of the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan
- Suburbs Encouraging Accessory Dwelling Units
- Public Transportation Is Good for Kids
- Nation's Newest Toll Road Opens in North Carolina
- Cities Need to Create Level Playing Fields For New Mobility (That Tilt Towards Community Goals)
- Advocates for Oregon's Carbon Pricing Plan Proceed Cautiously
- L.A. Adopts Strict Short-Term Rental Regulations
- Trump Administration Gives 'Opportunity Zones' a Push Forward
- Getting Around New York in a Wheelchair (Still) a Struggle
- Austin, Texas Shows the Way to Plan and Design Transit Oriented Development
- Theaster Gates Brings Together Planning and Art to Empower Communities
- Thresholds of Rent Affordability Trigger Homelessness
- Showdown Over Late Night Hours on D.C. Metro
- $1.5 Billion in BUILD Grants Announced
