Urban Design
Searing Heat Will Make COVID-19 Racial Disparities Worse
Urban heat islands can be 22 degrees hotter than their surroundings.
Searing Heat Will Make COVID-19 Racial Disparities Worse
Urban heat islands can be 22 degrees hotter than their surroundings.
Urban Design
Advocates Rally to Tear Down Highways That Bulldozed Black Neighborhoods
The interstate highway system flattened homes and businesses in Black communities.
D.C.’s Hard Road to Safer Streets
As the District lagged on its Vision Zero goals, bike and pedestrian advocates in Washington turned traffic fatalities into a rallying cry, and got results.
Growing Up in a Walkable Neighborhood Can Increase Adult Income
A new study finds that even considering other factors, the walkability of a child’s neighborhood has a direct correlation to increased adult earnings.
America's Hottest Cities for Urban Planners
You might think planners—and urbanists in general—congregate in big coastal metros. But planning jobs are growing fastest elsewhere.
The Rise and Fall of Thinking Big About Cities
A new exhibition looks back at the period of grand urban design and social reform in New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
A Quest to Reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘Reservation’
COMMENTARY | The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River, and they are fighting to preserve their culture in Baltimore.
The Feds Are Driving A National Policy of Sprawl
COMMENTARY | "Any legislative or policymaking approach to climate that fails to see the connections between emissions, how and where we build, and our transportation infrastructure decisions, will be destined to fail."
Gentrification is Most Concentrated in Large Cities
Seven cities account for almost half the gentrification in America, according to research from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
Pedestrian Deaths in 2018 Increase to Highest Levels Since 1990
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ore. governor signs statewide rent control bill … Ariz. governor is “pro-vaccination and anti-measles” … and Fla. toll road expansion
Whoopi Goldberg Tells N.Y. Mayor Her Big Complaint With the City
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Rapid DNA testing … D.C. mayor vetoes bill to decriminalize fare evasion … and rural Minnesota broadband.
A Tough Question in California: Whether to Rebuild in Places That Will Burn Again
Despite the clear and present dangers of the wildland-urban interface, many vow to rebuild in risky spots.
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