Planetizen Week in Review: July 25, 2016
The 2016 version of the Republic National Convention made its visit to Cleveland last week, and while the mainstream media focused on the speeches, urbanism-focused media focused on the up-and-down recovery of Cleveland. Don't forget the Republic Party's official 2016 platform, however, which lays out a policy agenda of consequence for the federal government's approach to the built environment.
Making the rounds on some of Planetizen's favorite websites last week were dueling takes on the housing market and a bunch of fancy new renderings for a proposed $27 billion redesign project for the New York subway. Finally, the National league of Cities did a semantic analysis of 100 "State of the City" speeches.
For more information on the stories in the latest Planetizen Week in Review:
Republicans Reveal an Anti-Urban, Anti-Public Transit Platform
Study: Bureaucracy Restricts Housing Supply
Study: Land Use Regulation Restricts Housing Supply
Ambitious Design Overhaul Proposed for New York Subway Stations and Cars
What Mayors Talk About When Everyone Is Listening
Topics
- Infographic: Space Allocation by Population in 15 U.S. Cities
- A 20-Year To-Do List for Cities
- The Argument Against Home Ownership
- Does the Plan to Revitalize a D.C. Canal Too Much Resemble the High Line?
- Study: Not All Gentrification Effects Are Equal
- Research: Transit Times Determine Social Networks
- U.S. Economic Growth Shows Urban-Rural Divide
- Report Makes Business Case for Vancouver-to-Portland High Speed Rail
- The Great O'Hare Race (And its Discontents)
- Moving People Out of Flood Zones Is a Win-Win Strategy
- Another Berkeley 'First': Banning Natural Gas Lines in New Buildings
- An 'Urban Orchard' Next to the Los Angeles River
- Austin Mulling New Incentives for Transit Riders
- 'Urban Green Spaces': A Book for Planners and Laypeople
- The Myth of the 'Childless City'
- After a Bus Kills a Scooter Rider, Two Councilmembers Call for Complete Streets
- A Complete Streets Building Spree in Philadelphia
- Home Improvements Expected to Slow Substantially in the Upcoming Year
- As More 'Superstar' Cities Emerge, the Gap With Other Cities Grows
- Advocates Press for Harder Questions While Pittsburgh Experiments With Self-Driving Cars
