It will only take us two-and-a-half minutes to catch you up on the big planning news from the last week of June.
It's July already! What happened to June?
For this edition of Planetizen Week in Review, we note the big intellectual question emerging from George Lucas's departure from the city of Chicago; the chickens coming to roost in Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal; real planning work being started and finished in Tennessee; more surreal news from the housing market; and a round up of the U.S. institutions (like the United States, for instance) celebrating anniversaries.
For more information on the stories presented in the video, see the linked articles below.
Lucas Museum Will Have to Find a City Far, Far Away From Chicago
Volkswagen Settles in Cheating Scandal to the Tune of $16 Billion
Memphis Launches First Comprehensive Planning Effort Since 1981
Chattanooga Approves New Form-Based Code for Downtown
Survey Finds Pessimism Prevailing in the Housing Market
U.S. Homes Prices Are Soaring; Seven Cities Set Records
It's the 60th Birthday of the Interstate Highway System
Read the full story: Planetizen Week in Review: July 1, 2016
Richmond 300 Plan Update Includes New Cap Park, Form-Based Code
Richmond, Virginia is hoping to make some big changes in time for its tricentennial in 2037, including a new cap park and a new form-based code.
Planetizen Week in Review: July 25, 2016
The Republic National Convention dominated the news last week, and for good reason. There was also eye candy for New York transit advocates and lots of new housing research to enjoy.
Chattanooga Approves New Form-Based Code for Downtown
Chattanooga is the latest city to apply the form-based code methodology to a specific area of the city, including downtown and adjacent neighborhoods.
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A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Amtrak, CN end decades-long dispute with eight-year agreement
The new operating agreement establishes an updated framework for the companies to work together, including processes to resolve disputes.
Judges permit Denver to divert 77,000 acre feet from the Colorado River for reservoir expansion
Overuse and climate change have caused the Colorado River’s water levels to plummet.
Boston has spent millions making the Green Line more accessible — and there’s no end in sight
While the city has invested millions into expanding and adding platforms to the Green Line to make it more accessible, new train cars set to arrive next year will be too tall for disabled passengers to board without raising the current platforms.
Idaho may see an 18% drop in federal surface transit funding — the largest estimated cut in the US
Transit systems in rural communities are much more reliant on federal funding to provide their services.
How ‘post-disaster gentrification’ alters neighborhoods after natural calamities
After hurricanes, fires or other calamities, the original residents of a community are often replaced by younger, wealthier residents.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello