The City Fix

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As cities across Africa experience rapid growth and increased demand for mobility, there is an urgent need to transition towards more sustainable and effective urban transport systems. The urban planning decisions made today will shape cities for decades. However, improvements.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Children are often under-prioritized or even disregarded in urban planning and design. It’s estimated that up to 500 children die daily in road crashes around the world; thousands more incur injuries and psychological trauma from collisions with vehicles that can. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JUNE 13, 2023

As municipal leaders look to strengthen local economies, expand housing and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they should consider how to utilize an urban planning […] Source

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Citizen Lab

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to involve your community in budgeting, urban planning, or even regenerating former military bases? The examples from CitizenLab’s international community, handpicked by our team of engagement experts, illustrate the power of collaborative decision-making.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 15, 2024

.” With Holodeck’s ability to generate immersive and varied environments rapidly, Holodeck holds promise for applications in gaming, virtual reality, architecture, and urban planning. The post Holodeck: Changing robotics training with infinite virtual environments appeared first on Open Access Government.

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Citizen Lab

AUGUST 25, 2022

Placemaking is a people-centered approach to urban planning that focuses on transforming public spaces in a way that brings communities together and creates beautiful, accessible, and interactive cities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It's a great "case study" list of examples to think about in terms of urban design and placemaking in your own community. Exhibits on local planning history. It's about the Regional Plan Association , a citizens stakeholder organization that has weighed in on regional planning issues since the 1920s.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Cities can use AI for more targeted and informed efforts in urban planning, traffic management, environmental initiatives, wildlife monitoring , crime and violence prevention , social services and in a variety of ways that improve the health of cities and the lives of residents.

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Princeton Public Library

JULY 18, 2019

In urban planning the various objects and equipment installed on streets and sidewalks are collectively called “street furniture.” ” These objects include things like mailboxes, benches, traffic lights, bus stops, and street signs. The humble book drop serves one […]

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 10, 2024

See the Boston Globe article, " 'Sticky' places are urban planning lifelines." From the Guardian article " The power of the picnic bench ": A picnic table, meanwhile, can be the place for a meeting, a spot to host a party, or even just somewhere to eat your lunch with relative ease and comfort.

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The Market Urbanism Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

What's wrong with the urban planning profession? A lifelong planner explains.

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The Market Urbanism Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

What's wrong with the urban planning profession? A lifelong planner explains.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

And as of August, he is principal and vice president of urban planning for McAdams, where he is responsible for providing advisory services in urban planning, land-use, parks and public space planning with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 4, 2024

They’re more inclined to have faith in an institution that is candid, even if it’s open about mistakes or “performance is proven to be poor,” says Michael Pagano, dean emeritus of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Chicago. “If

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Park Leaders

AUGUST 22, 2023

From Seattle to San Francisco, he continues his mission, revitalizing urban parks, and fostering a sense of community in the heart of the city. This is a valuable conversation for anyone interested in urban planning and community development.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citi Logik provides their customers, including the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Wiltshire County Council, with valuable insights to help them make informed decisions about future transportation planning and urban planning development. They analyse over 150 million journeys in the UK every single day using MND.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 9, 2023

22 years ago, with the election of Anthony Williams as mayor of DC, there was a reinvigoration of the urban planning function in the city. The first big initiative was to do "neighborhood plans" for each neighborhood area. We invite them to use other means of transport, there are alternatives.”

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. To truly address vacant land, it must be treated as a system in and of itself, one made up of the economic, social, environmental, and other factors that cause, perpetuate, and alter its existence.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s a pervasive word in community revitalization, urban planning, and housing policy. Blight is a shorthand term many people use to refer to properties they perceive as problematic in some way: appearing unsafe, visually unpleasant, or a threat to neighborhood property values. However, not every vacant property is blighted.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

. -- " Black History Month and the New Jim Crow ," 2020 -- " Two ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month ," 2020 -- " African American History Month and Urban Planning ," 2019 National Archives photo of a pretty much empty bus during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Filtration is an old concept in urban planning (also called "ecological succession," "invasion-succession theory," or "concentric zone theory"). I thought from the University of Chicago sociologists in the 1920s, but it actually was first posited in the UK. It presumes that people with more money move outward from the core.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development. On today’s episode, we’re talking with Peter Kageyama, one of the 2018 NRPA Annual Conference keynote speakers.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Interesting take on the Nashville effort, which has lots of diversity and equity elements (" In seeking the Oakland Athletics, Sacramento must be careful ," Sacramento Bee ) which likely mean zero to the other MLB owners Oklahoma City: a few months ago extended a sales tax to pay for renovations to the arena for the Thunders NBA team Philadelphia: (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It holds the city's financial interest in facilities like Washington Nationals stadium, the Wizards practice facility, the RFK complex, the Convention Center, etc.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

There's an article, " ‘Sticky’ places are urban planning lifelines Shared spaces build community and are key to alleviating America’s loneliness epidemic. An in absentia social bridge could be experienced in the perception of the person who created or maintained the space for the enjoyment of the recipient.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

When the Netherlands reset their land use and transportation planning policy away from automobile dependence, one of the things they did was add a "transportation demand" lens to their approval of new development applications (" Utrecht: ABC Planning as a planning instrument in urban planning policy ").

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 4, 2022

I have discussed undergrounding/decking for North Capitol Street, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and parts of Connecticut Avenue in the core. -- " DC and "city repair" of the urban grid ," 2020 Freeway undergrounding and removal is a trendy move in urban planning these days (" Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? ," New York Times ).

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

Their specialties include urban planning, public policy, landscape design, permaculture, and sustainable land stewardship advocacy. Grounded Strategies serves the underserved communities reclaiming vacant and underutilized land to improve socioeconomic and environmental health.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

From urban planning and public transportation development to local government projects, the public should always play a vital role in the decision-making process and have their voices heard. This new service was slated to launch in fall 2021 – just a few months later.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It proved to be a crucible of experimentation in architectural, engineering and urban planning terms. The positive aspect of the reconstruction is that it did eventually happen, despite all the problems of economic marginalisation and low priority on the national agenda. Towns like Senerchia and Lioni were rebuilt in situ.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

More importantly, it will test whether the city really can provide the infrastructure, investment, and urban planning solutions necessary for Center City to realize its full potential. We like to think of ourselves as stylish, but the truth is Philadelphians are more likely to rally around James Harden than around haute couture.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 29, 2024

I mention from time to time that I collect ephemera related to urban planning and what I am involved in. Less so now, the US Forest Service had a massive publication program, including items focused on K-12 education and adult learning.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s good business' " One of the many regrets I have is not getting a PhD in planning. My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

." -- " Newspapers as public media: WBEZ, radio, an NPR affiliate, to merge with the Chicago Sun-Times ," 2022 School closures (" National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors ," 2022).

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The City Fix

JULY 15, 2024

Do informal transport networks in African cities provide equitable services for everyone that needs them? Unsurprisingly, the answer is often no. Operators frequently prefer to drive the safest and most central routes, inadvertently prioritizing commuters traveling to formal jobs in.

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The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

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