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World
All these newfangled devices and no universal nomenclature.
The City Fix
Real estate and investment experts see more and more urban parking lots as attractive locations for redevelopment—usually for multi-family residential buildings.
The Investor
There have been wins. And there will be opportunities. All is not lost for the future of the planet.
Outside
Guardian Cities is closing shop after six years as a valued resource on the planning and urbanism Internet.
Guardian Cities
Feature
The adaptive nature of cities is exemplified once again, by the self-organizing response of street networks after transformative changes.
Cars and vehicle emissions are undoubtedly central to the climate change problem. The solution, however, might not be cleaner vehicles but rather a drastic change in our relationship to automobiles and driving.
The Guardian
A report by researchers from Stanford University says the cost of transitioning the world to entirely renewable energy production would pay for itself in seven years and add a net positive amount of jobs measured in the millions.
Yale Environment 360
A literature review notes three big themes and challenges to emerge from a year's worth of intellectual investigation of civic engagement.
Data-Smart City Solutions
National Geographic shared a list of 15 of its best images captured during the 2010s.
National Geographic
A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s.
Planetizen via YouTube
Feature
Planetizen's annual list of the best of the planning Internet gives a taste of the technological and editorial milieu of the urban planning Internet at the beginning of a new decade.
Washington's largest diesel emissions polluter will transition its fleet to diesel-hybrids and then to battery-electric propulsion to comply with Gov. Inslee's emissions-reduction executive order which will also please the orcas in Puget Sound.
Greentech Media
Feature
The most-read news, features, and blogs on Planetizen in 2019.
As many as 1 million species are at risk of extinction if the world, including planning professionals and politicians, doesn't make big changes.
Vox
The Los Angeles municipal utility will convert a Utah coal power plant to run on natural gas in 2025. According to a proposal unveiled Dec. 10, the plant will incrementally be converted to run entirely on hydrogen, a zero-emission fuel, by 2045.
Utility Dive
The world, including the United States, could be entering a new era of personal mobility.
The Verge
The consequences of car-centric planning are clear, a century after cars took over streets and lives across this country. According to this article, so to is a new way forward.
Citymetric
The Eno Center for Transportation presents a 30-minute webinar, available on YouTube, to explore the cutting edge of Mobility-as-a-Service programs, with specific attention to regional programs.
Eno Center for Transportation via YouTube
Almost 80% of oil extraction in the nation's sixth largest oil-producing state occurs in Kern County. Supervisors see the California governor's climate plan to reduce oil production as a threat to the county's economic well-being.
The Bakersfield Californian
Winners of an annual award for innovation in planning curriculum were announced earlier this year, and applications for 2020's award will be open until February.
Land Lines
