Blogs about Urbanism
16 blogs about Urbanism.
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BICYCLE DUTCH
All about cycling in the Netherlands.
By Mark Wagenbuur. 🇳🇱 More infoUpdated
Cycling from Belgium to the Netherlands An extra post with a long video: Cycling from last week’s new floating bridge in Belgium all the way to Sittard railway station in the Netherlands.
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Bryan Boyer – Medium
Buildings & cities & all the things between. More at bryanboyer.com.
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What does it mean to design urban technology? We’ve recently launched a new degree program in Urban Technology at University of Michigan that combines urbanism, technology, and design. But what does design mean in this context? Like many aspects of creating a new …
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The Corner Side Yard
Yelling from the window as the world passes by.
By Pete Saunders. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
So Long Blogger, Hello Substack It's time. After 12 years of writing about cities with a Rust Belt perspective on this platform, I'm closing it down. And no, this is not an April Fool's joke. I'm moving on to a …
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Dan Hill – Medium
Designer, urbanist, etc. Director of Melbourne School of Design. Previously, Swedish gov, Arup, UCL IIPP, Fabrica, Helsinki Design Lab, BBC etc.
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Read ‘Sideways’, by Josh O’Kane ‘Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy’, Josh O’Kane (2022)A short, legally-bound note on Josh O’Kane’s recent book ‘Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy’ (2022), about Sidewalk LabsI imagine that some day I’ll be able to …
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devonzuegel.com
I’m a writer of code and words. The thing that matters most to me is unlocking human potential, so I think a lot about incentive design, tools for thought, and cities.
By Devon Zuegel. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Property values should be normalized by acre In the US, it's common for local governments to focus on tax revenue produced by a property, without considering the costs it adds to the city's budget. This is like measuring how far a car …
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Granola Shotgun
By Johnny Sanphillippo. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated ⚠️️
Still trying to fetch this feed, but last time we got ‘Not Found’.
Whatever Works Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways. I just had a moment of convergence when new infill development, sub rosa adaptation, and …
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Greater Greater Washington
Builds informed and civically engaged communities who believe in a growing and inclusive Washington region and speak up for livable communities for all.
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The contours of child care in the District will teach us about its future Finding quality, affordable, and convenient child care is a notorious challenge for new parents. They’re an often overlooked demographic group that tends to be at stages in their lives and careers when they have the …
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Holy Mountain: A Blog about Our Common Life
Commentary on public policy, place and social relations.
By Bruce Nesmith. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Don't blame trans people for Dems' loss Dr. William Barber is one of the premier prophetic voices in America today(Source: breachrepairers.org)Having said my peace on this year's elections, I was anticipating a return to issues affecting our local communities. But a disturbing …
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lukebennett13
Tracing the spectacular within the humdrum of the built environment.
By Luke Bennett. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
‘Do we know what we need?’ – reflections on SHU SPG’s ‘Perceiving Climate Change #4: Education’ online event [The figure above is from HM Government (2021) ‘Climate Change and Net Zero: Public awareness and perceptions’ study here ] “While most people recognise that climate change is occurring, only half of people (51%) recognise …
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Places Journal
Public scholarship on architecture, landscape, and urbanism.
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Climate Boomtowns and Receiver Cities In the next decades, climate migration will redraw the demographic map of America. Two recent books tell an unsettling story of migration and displacement that is already underway. Read on Places Journal
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The Ranty Highwayman
The adventures in time & space of a Chartered Civil Engineer, specialising in designing for walking and cycling.
By Mark. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
A Tram To Trafford Earlier this week I was in Manchester for a conference. I didn't have time for a proper look around at what's new, but I did manage to jump on a tram to Stretford before it …
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RJOHNTHEBAD
A builder, developer, urban designer, and recovering electrician. His work focuses on small scale, incremental design and development.
By R John Anderson. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Office Vacancy Chaos and Opportunity There is an opportunity within the chaos created when work from home and hybrid work hollowed out the Central Business District (CBD) of places like San Antonio and Portland. In San Antonio I saw a …
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Southeast Asia construction, transport, and infrastructure
Transport and urban development in Southeast Asia.
By James Clark. 🇻🇳 More infoUpdated
Kota Kinabalu – Kudat Railway Kota Kinabalu-Kudat rail project is a proposed railway connecting the capital of Sabah to the northern tip of Borneo. The 175km railway would be used for transporting agricultural products from Kudat to Kota Kinabalu, and …
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Streets.mn
Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota.
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On Reflection: Journey to the Center of the Universe, by Bicycle A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole …
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Strong Towns
We produce content that analyzes the failures of the post-war North American development pattern while giving citizens the knowledge and tools to start making our places better today.
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From the Bottom Up: How Members Built the Strong Towns Movement (Photo by ZED Images.) It’s Member Week here at Strong Towns. As a special treat, we’re publishing three new episodes of the Strong Towns Podcast. In this episode, Chuck is joined by Norm Van Eeden …
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The Urbanist
Examining urban policy to improve cities and quality of life.
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The Urbanist Is Hiring a Director of Development & Events The Urbanist is hiring a Director of Development & Events. Join our award-winning team that produces advocacy journalism that makes a difference in the Puget Sound region. We are accepting applications through December 9. Apply …