Baltimore
Cities and Surveillance
For six years, New Orleans police have been using a secret program that uses social media to locate violent criminals.
Baltimore Releases a Five-Year 'Digital Transformation Strategic Plan'
Good IT is critical to good customer service, as anyone who has ever worked a counter in knows.
Baltimore's Subway Shut Down for a Month
Emergency repairs will shut down Metro SubwayLink for a month, adding the system to an ignominious list of transit closures that includes SafeTrak in Washington, D.C. and the L Train in New York City.
Express Bus Service Eliminated in Suburban Baltimore
The failure of suburb-to-suburb bus service run by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) offers lessons in regional transit planning.
Baltimore Having Trouble Heating its Public Schools
Baltimore schools are the oldest in Maryland, and they need massive improvements to their heating and cooling systems. Management hasn't been up to the task of undertaking the repairs.
Baltimore Bike Backlash
The Roland Park Civic League is trying to get rid of bike lanes on Roland Avenue, arguing that they're dangerous.
How Cities Plan for Cold Winter Days
Planning for snow, and for cold days, is a professional practice unto itself.
How Baltimore Figures in to Washington D.C. Commuting Patterns
Despite significant and expected cross-county commuting within the Washington D.C. metro, relatively few people commute from Baltimore, despite good transportation connections and relatively less expensive housing.
Baltimore Confronts Underinvestment in Communities of Color
As part of an interdepartmental effort, the city's planning department is embedding an explicit equity lens into how it considers the distribution of civic resources.
Baltimore's Bus Overhaul Hasn't Increased Ridership
Service has notably improved, but that hasn't been enough to boost ridership so far.
David Simon on the Uniqueness of New York
The creator of "The Wire" talks to CityLab about "The Deuce," New York City in the 1970s, and how strategies for one town won't always work for another.
Baltimore Food Deserts Mapped
Hoping a concrete diagnosis of the problem will help Maryland solve its food desert problem, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has built a map of the areas most in need of fresh groceries.
Advocates Tout Community Land Trusts for Solutions to Displacement, Blight
Community land trusts are a favorite tool of advocates who want to take a communitarian approach to property and public space in cities facing the challenges of population decline, blight, and gentrification.
Trafalgar Square Shows How to Reuse Pedestals Where Statues Once Stood
Baltimore tore down its Confederate monuments, now they have an opportunity to showcase the city's artists.
Search the Location of the Nearest Confederate Monument
Public spaces are full of monuments to a rebellion fought to maintain slavery.
U.S. DOT Won't Investigate Potential Civil Rights Violation on Baltimore Red Line Cancellation
In the waning days of the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation saw reason to investigate the civil rights implications of a decision to cancel funding for the Baltimore Red Line light rail project.
Baltimore's Redesigned Bus System Rolls Out, With Wrinkles to Iron
The reviews were mixed on the first days of service for the highly anticipated BaltimoreLink bus system redesign.
Bike-Lash Erasing Baltimore's New Bike Infrastructure
Baltimore took a while to get rolling with new bike infrastructure projects, but now a new mayoral administration is rolling back recent projects around the city.
Baltimore's New Bus System Comes With a Snazzy New Map
Fans of transit maps will have to watch out for the new map of BaltimoreLink.
Baltimore Sets a Goal to Recycle More
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has set a goal for the city to recycle twice as much as it currently does, and one advocacy group already has ideas about how the city can do so.
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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
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