Blogs about Urbanism
16 blogs about Urbanism.
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BICYCLE DUTCH
All about cycling in the Netherlands.
By Mark Wagenbuur. 🇳🇱 More infoUpdated
Amsterdam’s changing streets: the new Weesperzijde along the Amstel See how Amsterdam’s Weesperzijde transformed from an ordinary street to a cycle street prioritising walking, cycling, and greenery. A side-by-side comparison of the before (2022) and after (2024) shows the city’s commitment to people-friendly urban …
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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 ⚠️️
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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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Bikeshare Beat: CaBi breaks all-time annual ridership record…in October Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) broke its all-time monthly ridership record for the sixth consecutive month in October with 725,346 rides. This is the first time the regional bikesharing system has recorded over 700,000 rides, and represents …
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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
Everything is connected, including housing issues Panel (from L): Kennedy Moehrs Gardner, Sheila Sutton,Meleah Geertsma, Cyatherine AliasIn Cahokia Heights (formerly Centreville), Illinois, there is a crisis that illustrates the gaps in the silos that inform our local policy discussions. As discussed …
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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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Field Notes on Repair: 7 The seventh installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. 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
Airports in Indonesia: Map of every commercial airport This guide is a list and map of current and future airports in Indonesia. Indonesia airports map [View Google Map of airports in Indonesia.] Red=International Blue=Domestic Yellow=Under construction The base for this list is the …
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Streets.mn
Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota.
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National Links: Re-use Cincinnati Subway Tunnels Every day, The Overhead Wire collects news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they take some of the most popular stories and post them to …
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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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Right Place, Right Time: How Advocates in Omaha are Making Streets Safer On October 29, 2024, AJ Moellenbeck’s phone pinged. “REPORTING LIVE from Little Bohemia 🚨📰,” Jared Haynes wrote. In the attached photos, fresh paint and cones hugged a street corner. The next day, the two shared …
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The Urbanist
Examining urban policy to improve cities and quality of life.
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Constantine Steps Aside, Balducci Launches Run for County Executive Last Tuesday, Dow Constantine announced he is stepping aside and not seeking a fifth term as King County Executive. The day after, King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci revealed she was hopping into the race for …