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Human-Centered Design

Innovating the Planning Process Through Community-Centered Design

Sean O'Malley and Andrew Watkins, of the landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm SWA, describe the benefits of a design process that empowers people and communities to participate.

August 4, 2015 - Sean O'Malley and Andrew Watkins

Rethinking Culture and Community in New York City

Caron Atlas has spent decades working to understand and improve the relationship between cities and the arts. As co-director of Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts New York, she advocates for the recognition of artistic activity throughout NYC.

August 3, 2015 - Satellite Magazine

Hope for the 'Bronx Boondoggle'

The Bronx Parking Development Co. was created to build new parking around the new Yankee Stadium, but the glut of new parking has not yet produced a profitable venture.

August 1, 2015 - Crain's New York Business

Northeast Rail Corridor Woes Extend Far Beyond Hudson River Tunnels

While Amtrak's century-old Hudson River rail tunnels may capture the public's attention, particularly when they are closed, infrastructure problems on the Northeast Corridor also plague the line from Rhode Island to Washington, D.C.

August 1, 2015 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

New York Construction Permits Break 50-Year Record

Not since 1963 have so many construction permits been issued. In fact, permits issued in the month of June alone exceeded the average annual total over the past two decades.

July 30, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal

LaGuardia Airport

A Different Idea for LaGuardia Airport

It may be too late to pivot on the recently announced rebuilding of New York City's LaGuardia Airport, but Jim Venturi has some ideas about how New York can solve two critical problems—one infrastructural, one humanitarian—at the same time.

July 29, 2015 - The Architect's Newspaper

Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Ave

Jamaica, Queens: More Than Just a Stop on the Way to the Airport

Public and private interests have emerged to revitalize the Queens neighborhood, an inter-modal hub ten miles east of Midtown Manhattan.

July 28, 2015 - New York Times (Real Estate)

The Congestion Impacts of Transportation Network Companies Are Still Unclear

There are two schools of though t when it comes to whether Uber and other companies like it are making traffic better or worse. A new study by new York City will endeavor to clear the air.

July 28, 2015 - FiveThirtyEight

Welcome to New York

Revealed: Sweeping Redesign of LaGuardia Airport

Long a punch line of the airline industry, LaGuardia Airport will receive a dramatic upgrade—if a plan proposed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is approved.

July 27, 2015 - New York State

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo Shakes Off Some Rust

Buffalo made its fortune in long-gone heavy industries such as steel. Now a new industrial revolution—in renewable energy—is bringing new life to the coldest, northernmost city of the American Rust Belt.

July 27, 2015 - New York Times

Three Days of Delays on Northeast Corridor for Amtrak and NJ Transit

Once again, chronic delays on New Jersey Transit's rail lines in and out of Manhattan serve as a reminder of Gov. Christie's ill fated decision to cancel replacement of the two aging Hudson River tunnels to Penn Station.

July 24, 2015 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

New York Won't Cap Number of Uber Drivers

This story broke, moved toward City Council action, then broke again—all in a New York minute.

July 23, 2015 - New York Times

Mayor de Blasio Op-Ed Supports New Regulations for Uber

An op-ed by Mayor Bill de Blasio declares that the time has come to regulate transportation companies like Uber.

July 20, 2015 - New York Daily News

Citi Bike Tackles Biking's Gender Gap

New York City's bike share program, Citi Bike, enjoys a greater percentage of female cyclists that the city as a whole, but still only reaches 25 percent. The problem is typical of bike share programs in the United States.

July 20, 2015 - The New York Times N.Y. / Region

Op-Ed: Infrastructure First, Redevelopment Second for Staten Island

With big plans come big responsibilities. Will a massive wave of development investment headed for Staten Island be met with a commensurate investment in infrastructure?

July 16, 2015 - Staten Island Advance

Cornell Tech's Trailblazing Passive-House Residential Tower Breaks Ground

Construction has begun on the world’s first residential high-rise to meet Passive House standards: a dorm tower on Cornell Tech’s much-anticipated Roosevelt Island campus in New York City.

July 16, 2015 - The Planning Report

CicLAvia Crowd

Open Streets Events Enjoy Coast-to-Coast Popularity

New York City and San Jose have expanded or added rules that temporarily close some of their streets to automobile traffic. This continues a string of successes for the open streets movement.

July 15, 2015 - Next City

Proposed Policy Would Cap Number of For-Hire Drivers

New York City is considering a cap on the number of new for-hire drivers (including transportation network companies) while the city studies the impact of for-hire vehicles on the city's congestion.

July 13, 2015 - BuzzFeed News

Tappan Zee Bridge

A Scathing Critique of the New Tappan Zee Bridge

A new book examines the convoluted history of one of the country's most controversial infrastructure projects.

July 10, 2015 - WNYC

The World's Largest Ferris Wheel Finds its Footing on Staten Island

The foundation is being laid for the world's largest Ferris wheel on State Island. Will it succeed where so many efforts to bring tourists to the Fifth Borough have failed?

July 9, 2015 - The New York Times

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

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.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.