Ryan Lue
Ryan Lue was an editorial intern at Planetizen in 2012.
Contributed 161 posts
While in San Diego, Ryan worked with community gardening organizations and conducted research on homelessness.
He earned a B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from UC San Diego.
'Urban Renewal' May Replace Community With Commerce in Istanbul Ghetto
Officials and developers in the Turkish capital have set their sights on a poor but centrally-located neighborhood for an urban renewal project, leaving longtime residents worried they may not be around much longer, Jessica Bourque reports.
Public Mistrust Fuels Opposition to Special Tax District
Neighborhood Improvement Districts in Philadelphia are facing challenges from a skeptical public for the first time since their introduction over 20 years ago, Alex Vuocolo reports.
What's Really Keeping Americans off of Transit?
Josh Barro offers his take on the charge, oft resorted to by transit advocates, that subsidies for road maintenance encourage driving. Instead, he argues, we should turn our attention to the mechanisms that make it hard for transit to compete.
Are Cities Really Growing Faster Than Suburbs?
Last week's census figures were widely used to point to a swelling of urban populations. Chris Briem says that the jury's still out.
Viral Video Gets MTA Response in a New York Minute
In response to widespread attention from one short video, MTA repair crews rushed to repair a faulty step at a subway station staircase in "perhaps the fastest response to a customer complaint in agency history," Matt Flegenheimer reports.