Why North America Can’t Build Nice Apartments
Decoding Density
Can Vertical Meadows Bring Wildlife Back to Cities? | WILD HOPE
As urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, façade engineer Alistair Law has discovered a new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces for us all within…
De Fiets is Niets
Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. Dutch people own more bicycles per capita than any other place in the world. The country has more…
Cougar Town – 99% Invisible
Mountain lions are classified as a “specially protected species”—not quite endangered, but close. There are somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 of them spread across the foothills and mountains of California.…
The High Cost of Free Parking with Donald Shoup
Parking is at the heart of every fight about how we build our cities and towns, with effects that go far beyond transportation. Minimum parking requirements — laws that dictate…
How did planners design Soviet cities?
Soviet cities
I Tackled My Climate Anxiety by Becoming a Parks Department Super Steward
One weed at a time. I was astonished to learn how impactful fighting for trees really is. According to this New York City tree map, one London plane tree near…
Michigan: a tale of US neglect
From roads to railways to water supply, one state’s decaying infrastructure reflects the scale of Biden’s task to rebuild {read}
Carmageddon? DC’s leaders can choose a different road.
A panoply of studies show that people using bikes, transit or walking to reach business destinations generate more business when they get there. Furthermore, for businesses to come back they…
Oak Park seeks to build ‘Linear Park’ along Nine Mile Road
“Transforming underutilized spaces into vibrant public gathering spots that fit their neighborhood and give people space to safely gather is what this program is intended for,” says MEDC Senior Vice…