Planetizen Week in Review: June 24, 2016
The fifth edition of the Planetizen Week in Review includes some of the biggest breaking news stories of the year.
Comprehensive plans are always a big deal for cities and the planning profession, but especially so in the city of Portland. The city of Columbus pulled a "smart cities" coup and beat out cities like Austin and San Francisco for a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. A game changing decision for Waukesha, Wisconsin changes the regulatory landscape established by the 2008 Great Lakes Compact. And finally, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released a report titled "The State of the Nation's Housing," and didn't include very much good news for anyone who isn't already a homeowner.
Portland Approves New Comprehensive Plan
Milwaukee Suburb Allowed Unprecedented Water Diversion from Lake Michigan
Breaking: Columbus Wins $50 Million 'Smart Cities Challenge' Grant
Housing Market 2016 in a Best of Times, Worst of Times Moment
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- Oregon
- Wisconsin
- Environment
- Housing
- Infrastructure
- Technology
- Transportation
- Planetizen Week in Review
- Portland
- Comprehensive Plans
- Waukesha
- Great Lakes Compact
- Columbus
- Smart Cities Challenge
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- State of the Nation’s Housing
- Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Level of Service Canceled in Los Angeles
- The Deliberate Segregation of U.S. Cities, as Evidenced by Freeway Congestion
- Floating Train Bridge Arriving in Seattle
- Light Rail to Be Extended East of Los Angeles Again
- Pop Quiz: Cities and Obscure World Records
- Too Often, Children Are Forgotten by Transportation Planning
- The Climate Has Already Changed
- Study: E-Bikes Could Be Transportation Game Changers
- Voters Will Decide on $3.5 Billion Transit Funding Bond in Houston
- Jakarta's Suburb in the Sky
- A New Kind of Planning Controversy: the Emoji House
- High Cost of Maintenance Prompts Wyoming Legislators to Consider Tolling I-80
- Large Doses of Skepticism for Chicago Casinos
- Autonomous Shuttle Service Up and Running in Brooklyn
- Rezoning for Larger Homes in a New York City Single-Family Neighborhood
- New D.C. Development Guidelines Require More Consideration of Walkability
- Toxic Algae Blooms, Explained
- Protecting the Pacific Ocean
- Shelter for Detained Immigrant Children Proposed for D.C. Neighborhood
- New High-Rises in Boston Pick Up Where Development Left Off 40 Years Ago
