The key to safer roads? Narrow the lanes.
COMMENTARY | A study late last year found that the approach significantly enhanced safety for all road users. By narrowing lanes, cities can also reallocate that found space to sidewalks and bike lanes.
Cities dip into immersive technologies
Digital twins are helping streamline city planning and apprenticeship programs, but governments must step up adoption to fully realize the benefits, an expert says.
Why is it so hard to build housing near transit stops?
Two recent studies look at the obstacles to building more apartments and other dense housing options near transit to address environmental, urban development and housing goals.
The 15-minute city is a popular planning approach, but relies on ableist assumptions
COMMENTARY | The 15-minute city relies on residents’ abilities to walk and bike. But what what if a resident’s body doesn’t walk or bike in what is considered a normative sense?
Where are the best 'climate havens' in the U.S.? Wherever you build them.
A refuge isn't something nature hands us, but something we have to create ourselves.
Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer
COMMENTARY | Women are most likely to feel unsafe in their cities or towns, but planning authorities have rarely listened to them. Here's how urban planners can change that.
Tree nurseries sprout up as a climate mitigation strategy
New Mexico’s Climate Ready Trees Program helps officials identify which tree types are most likely to survive in future climate conditions.
Traditional downtowns are dead or dying in many US cities—what’s next for these zones?
COMMENTARY | Developers have overbuilt office and commercial space in US cities for decades. Now, in the wake of pandemic shutdowns, many downtowns face hard choices about the future.
A need for green: Cities look to trees to improve health, climate justice
Cities and nonprofits are turning to trees as a possible solution to incoming climate crises and public health disparities.
Air taxis are taking off. Cities should start planning now.
A new report can help cities weigh safety, access and equity considerations when deciding where to locate air taxi hubs.
Satellites Zoom in on Hottest Neighborhoods to Help Combat Urban Heat Island Effect
Satellite and population data can help cities create detailed maps so they can prepare for and respond to risks associated with extreme heat, a top weather-related killer.
Unearthing an Origin Story for Gentrification
COMMENTARY | The growth of the medieval city of Angkor involved wealthy elites pushing people off the land they had made valuable.
Retrofitting Parking Garages Could Help With Affordable Housing Shortage
COMMENTARY | As Covid-19 shattered normal commuting patterns and center city parking use, some are investigating how high-rise garages and parking lots can be converted to provide space for housing.
More Pedestrians Are Getting Killed By Cars
The number of pedestrians struck and killed is up 45% over the last decade. People of color and residents of low-income and rural communities are more at risk, according to new research.
How Downtowns Can Rebound After the Pandemic
They have to offer more than office space.
Searing Heat Will Make COVID-19 Racial Disparities Worse
Urban heat islands can be 22 degrees hotter than their surroundings.
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.
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