Thursday, July 28, 2016

From City Builder Book Club — Webinar: Urban Acupuncture- Celebrating the
Work and Vision of Jaime Lerner

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In this webinar, panelists Stephen Goldsmith ( Center for the Living City ), Mike Lydon (Street Plans Collaborative), and Erin Barnes (ioby...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

From Strong Towns — Historic buildings
get newer, greener lease on life

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The story of Peggy and Tom Brennan who recently renovated and opened two unique buildings in downtown Detroit: the Green Garage , a business...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

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City streets are designed with no margin for human error. The technical term for this in other disciplines is really bad design. — TheSidewa...
Friday, July 8, 2016

From The Nature of Cities —
Common threads: connections among
the ideas of Jane Jacobs and Elinor Ostrom

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Jane Jacobs and Elinor Ostrom were both giants in their impact on how we think about communities, cities, and common resources suc...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

From PBS NewsHour —
Traffic deaths surged in 2015

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Fatalities rose 7.7 percent to 35,200 in 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. That overall rate was significantl...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

From Next City —
Determining How Subsidized Housing Factors Into a More Affordable San Francisco

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Building more market-rate housing in the Bay Area may reduce displacement pressure at the regional level, but building subsidized housing ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

From PBS NewsHour －
Urban designers transform these streets
into pedestrian paradise

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New York City’s streets underwent a radical transformation under the leadership of Janette Sadik-Khan, who served as transportation commis...