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9 April 2019
Barcelona, Spain
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Calming traffic reduces noise and brings new public spaces to urban neighborhoods. Across Barcelona, Spain, neighborhoods designated as superblocks—where through traffic is prohibited—now serve as shared-use spaces. E...
25 March 2019
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
FlexLA, a local rideshare program in Los Angeles, offers discounted and even free rides for folks looking for affordable alternatives to Lyft and Uber. While the battle to stand out among transportation behemoths prov...
22 March 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
New York City plans to close the eight jail complex located on Rikers Island and replace it with a series of four smaller, community-integrated facilities in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. While the admin...
22 March 2019
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
Cities around the world take an unconventional yet effective approach to combat poverty: measuring happiness. Cities like Vancouver, British Columbia have found success in building personal relationships among the eco...
Quartz
Karen Hao
20 March 2019
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Creating sustainable buildings requires rethinking many of the norms in construction and city planning. The Center for Sustainable Landscapes, part of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the ...
14 March 2019
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Access Ventures, a community development organization founded in a Louisville neighborhood, uses a comprehensive investment approach that encourages funds to be dispersed in all issue areas. Instead of creating one "a...
14 March 2019
Hamburg, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
The sustainable city of the future involves public transit and a revitalized downtown - at least, that’s the common thread between what five cities are working towards across the globe. Los Angeles, Atlanta, Shanghai,...
9 March 2019
Everett, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The implementation of "tactical transit lanes," or bus-only lanes, has allowed for decreased commute times for both buses and drivers in cities across the country. Many cities, like Everett, Massachusetts, choose to c...
7 March 2019
District of Columbia, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new park plan in Washington, D.C. addresses systemic racism and inequity in current city infrastructure, digging deeper than traditional urban planning landscapes. The new plan takes into account perspectives from m...
6 March 2019
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County seeks to transform how it handles young offenders, it looks to New York City as a model for change. In New York, the city has shifted its focus from large, state-run facilities to commu...
5 March 2019
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
SimCity, a popular simulation game created in 1989, inspired a generation of future city planners with its ability to make urban design accessible and fun, While the simulations have their inconsistencies with real li...
4 March 2019
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Text
Under 800 Words
A community in North Amsterdam tackles the issue of rising water levels head on by building homes that can float. The houses are built to include solar energy grids using blockchain so neighbors can share electricity,...
The New York Times
Michael Kimmelman
1 March 2019
London, England, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
It takes political will to create mixed-income housing and manage the social impacts of gentrification. In contrast to New York, the London borough of Hackney has taken steps to fix its housing crisis by putting the i...
1 March 2019
San Francisco, California, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Rather than go through extensive urban planning processes to improve bus commute times, cities across the United States are simply relying on paint and human behavior to create dedicated bus lanes. Denver, Seattle, Sa...
1 March 2019
Corning, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A planning expert dives into responses from cities around the country to the infrastructural red tape faced by many brick-and-mortar retail businesses in the wake of an ecommerce boom. In Corning, NY, city officials c...
27 February 2019
London, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Modified shipping containers can offer a solution for housing shortages. In London, QED Properties and ISO Spaces partnered together to create The Hope Gardens, a temporary housing arrangement for Londoners facing hom...
26 February 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
Text
800-1500 Words
A card game called Imaginable Guidelines offers a medium of shared vocabulary and collaboration that allows community members to easily talk about city planning. Played in cities around Turkey, Imaginable Guidelines a...
Model D
Patrick Dunn
19 February 2019
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Milwaukee Junction, a neighborhood in Detroit, focuses on urban renewal and business promotion as it seeks to become the next "up-and-coming" area in the city. Developers seek out abandoned lots and old auto manufactu...
14 February 2019
Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Million Orchid Project has been reintroducing native, endangered plants into urban areas. From planting in school yards, to city parks, to the sides of busy roads, the initiative aims to preserve biodiversity by c...
27 January 2019
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Community members in Bozeman work with students at Montana State University and city officials to test the sustainability and practicality of backyard apartments, or ADUs. Though high costs and historic value could be...
18 January 2019
Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Innovative mine reclamation projects across five states in the Appalachian region allow local organizations, schools, and businesses to clean up and utilize abandoned mine land. From a school that's transforming aband...
17 January 2019
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
After Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the city, Hoboken, New Jersey decided to rebuild the city with climate change and increased flood risks in mind, rather than returning to "normal." With the help of federal fundi...
Apolitical
Anoush Darabi
16 January 2019
Aarhus, Denmark
Text
800-1500 Words
Taking its cue from digital engagement strategies of cultural institutions across Sweden, the Danish city of Aarhus, Denmark is making the redevelopment of an area called South Harbour more equitable and inclusive. Us...
10 January 2019
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Boston Senior Civic Academy teaches older adults how to stay informed about and involved in local politics, covering issues from financial insecurity to dementia-friendly city planning. The program, which serves e...
8 January 2019
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Text
1500-3000 Words
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's de facto capital and megacity-to-be, has cut transportation times by providing a bus system that avoids traffic congestion and chaotic intersections. Though the bus system still struggles to ...
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