Angel La Canfora·1 day agoCar-Free Living in an LA Suburb — DignityBecause circumstances have forced me to live in an awful LA suburb, these posts run the risk of being whiny in nature. The point of these essays isn’t to just bitch and moan (“it’s not?” Angel wonders). It’s to share my real-world experience doing something few brave people dare —…Urban Planning3 min readUrban Planning3 min read
Saif KhaninUrban Stories by Hangeh·1 day agoVaranasi — The Eternal CityBackgroundUrban Planning7 min readUrban Planning7 min read
Sullivan Israel·2 days agoReimagine De la Guerra PlazaTime to Take Back the Public Space from Invading Automobiles A version of this article was sent into Santa Barbara’s Historic Landmarks Commission and was published as an article in the Santa Barbara Independent on April 28th, 2022 here: Reimagine De la Guerra Plaza — The Santa Barbara Independent After…Urban Planning6 min readUrban Planning6 min read
Max Nathan·1 day agoTime capsulesNew/old paper news: I’m very happy to have the lead article in this Urban Studies special issue on COVID-19 and cities. It’s open access! Many thanks to Scott Orford, Yingling Fan and Phil Hubbard for having me. This article is a time capsule. I first drafted these ideas, fast, as…Urban Planning1 min readUrban Planning1 min read
Alta·3 days agoSafety is a Full-Time JobQuite simply, safety is a full-time job, integrated into everything we do. And there is still so much more we want to help communities accomplish. So, we are hiring a National Roadway Safety Leader to expand our multidisciplinary safety team. …Urban Planning2 min readUrban Planning2 min read
Alexander KamenevinAino World·3 days agoCitizen Science for CitiesLiu Bauer, a DataScience Ph.D., shares her experience of using Aino for citizen science projects. — What is citizen science? Citizen science refers to the involvement of the general public, often non-professional scientists or volunteers, in scientific research and data collection. It is a collaborative approach that enables everyday individuals to contribute to scientific projects and investigations. …Urban Planning3 min readUrban Planning3 min read
Dea BardhoshiinTowards Data Science·4 days agoUrban Resilience: Spatial EquityUsing spatial data science to model populations + analysing educational equity in Tirana. — Hello! This is part 2 of the urban resilience project (part 1 here) focusing on demographic trends in Tirana! In the first part, we looked at power law distributions and built spatial markov models to understand population changes over time. In this second part, I wanted to delve a bit…Urban Planning5 min readUrban Planning5 min read
Coby Lefkowitz·3 days agoMember-onlyObservations From ParisHow Paris became one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and what we we can learn from it — Paris is, perhaps, the most beautiful city in the world. This might seem almost too obvious to write given how widely acknowledged and thoroughly documented its beauty is. On one hand, that’s fair. It’s a magnificent city that enjoys near unanimous admiration from around the globe. More than 44 million…Urban Planning24 min readUrban Planning24 min read
Brytanee BrowninAt The Intersections·5 days agoEAST OAKLAND FUTURES FEST: REIMAGINING DEEP EAST OAKLAND CULTURAL CORRIDOREAST OAKLAND FUTURES FEST: REIMAGINING DEEP EAST OAKLAND CULTURAL CORRIDOR A MAGICAL DAY ON THE SCRAPER BIKE WAY It was the perfect East Oakland day. The sun warmly shone as neighbors laughed and shared stories. Frankie Beverly and Maze played faintly in the background. The smells of warm peach cobbler…Urban Planning6 min readUrban Planning6 min read
H. Pike Oliver·3 days agoARES URBANEXUS UPDATE #151Click here for a selection of real estate and community development news assembled by H. Pike Oliver and distributed by the American Real Estate Society. Some links lead to items that are behind a paywall.Urban Planning1 min readUrban Planning1 min read