article thumbnail

Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Then again, it depends on whether or not motor vehicle operators are conscious of pedestrians and bicyclists. Mention this a lot.

2022 91
article thumbnail

From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

Domestic flights make up the majority of all flights across all years between 2002 and 2022. Naturally, during the recession, fewer people were traveling to save money, so ONT experienced a 2.31% monthly decline from December 2007 to June 2009. We first analyze air traffic statistics before and after the acquisition. of revenues.

2016 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But as the two-wheeled vehicles grew in popularity, especially among young people, so did the number of accidents: in 2022, three people died and 459 were injured in e-scooter accidents in Paris. The city was a pioneer in public bike-rental schemes when it launched Vélib’ in 2007, beating London by five years.

Voting 52
article thumbnail

Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Although the NYC Parks Department operates a massive number of restrooms in all five boroughs. And it's often done by business improvement districts and/or parks conservancies. Including some very attractive facilities, including a combination pavilion-restroom structure for a new regional park in Far Rockaway.

2007 52
article thumbnail

Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Then the pandemic led to a supercharged rate of increases: prices went up by an unprecedented 40 percent in just the 2-1/4 years through 2022 Q2 (the latest full quarter available 4. This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors. These reforms also include major changes to how the GSEs do their business. percent decline. [20]

2007 52
article thumbnail

Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In August [2022], the hospital system opened its affordable housing project Vía Sana in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. Anthony has posted operating income nearly every year since. MetroHealth in Cleveland is doing something similar (" MetroHealth’s new $759 million Glick Center opens Nov.

article thumbnail

Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cities cost money to operate. I argue that that section of the Metro operates "monocentrically" while the overall design of the system is polycentric, which doesn't help the city so much--BART is a great example of a polycentric system, although SF doesn't really need it because it has its own rail-based transit system.