Northern Boulevard Changes Are Needed Now, Says CM Jimmy Van Bramer (And No Other Pols)
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Activists offer many possible solutions, begging the city to act boldly.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Planning
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
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There's an obscure intraregional battle happening in the Cleveland area right now that highlights an important source of racial discrimination in urban planning.
Confronting Male Dominance in the Urban Planning Debate
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Why are conversations about urban planning issues - especially online - so dominated by men?
A Six-Point Plan to Cut Traffic
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If we're going to create a safer transportation system, we're going to have to drive less, and a new study of travel and development patterns in Massachusetts sheds light on what can be done to cut down on traffic. Here are the six factors researchers identified that affect the amount people drive.
Historical Photos of St. Louis Capture the Great Violence of “Urban Renewal”
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Some of these images, dug up by Alex Ihnen at NextSTL, almost look like a war zone. Buildings exploding. Entire city blocks reduced to ghost towns. Families out on curbs, carrying all their belongings in suitcases. It wasn’t a war, though — it was mid-century St. Louis. Perhaps no other American city more enthusiastically embraced the development strategy known as “urban renewal,” a euphemism […]
High Transportation Costs Make a Lot of HUD Housing Unaffordable
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Rental assistance from HUD isn’t enough to make the cost of living affordable when the subsidies go toward housing in car-dependent areas, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Texas and the University of Utah. The study evaluated transportation costs for more than 18,000 households that receive HUD rental subsidies, estimating that nearly half of recipients have to spend more […]