Planetizen Week in Review: August 1, 2016
Political junkies, map nerds, and transit fans all got plenty of big news to digest during the last week of July 2016.
Welcome to the what seems like the first week in years without a national political convention for the national media to obsess over. This edition of the Planetizen Week in Review takes a look at the planning-related policy directives emerging from the Democratic National Convention, good transit news from Denver, bad transit news from New York City, an aggressive response to Vancouver, British Columbia's soaring housing costs, and a subtle change to Google Maps that got big reactions from all of us paying attention.
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Published on Monday, August 1, 2016 in
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- $14 Billion Deal for Texas High-Speed Rail Construction
- Envisioning the 'Soft City'
- Stop Giving Away Valuable Public Assets! A Fiduciary Obligation for Road and Parking Pricing
- Inclusionary Zoning Vetoed in San Diego
- First-Time Home Buyers Look Different Than They Once Did
- The Great Flood of 2019, Visualized
- Frequencies Restored on L.A.'s Expo Line After Rider Backlash
- Digital Transportation: The Future of Urban Mobility
- 2021 Opening Expected for San Francisco's Central Subway
- Watch What Happens When Parking Disappears From an Amsterdam Street
- Angie Schmitt Moves on From Streetsblog USA
- Amazon Moving in at Former Pontiac Silverdome Site
- Food Deserts Need the Right Kinds of Supermarkets
- Did the Outlook for Electric Vehicle Sales in U.S. Just Nosedive?
- New York Resilience Plan to Get Second Opinion
- A First-Even Feral Cat Count in Toronto
- Fewer Places for Mobile Home Parks to Stay
- The Billion-Year-Old Curb Bulbout
- Iconic Remnants of Failed Tram on the Philly Waterfront to Be Demolished
- Diversifying Neighborhood Associations More Challenging Than Assumed
