Blogs about Urbanism
16 blogs about Urbanism.
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BICYCLE DUTCH
All about cycling in the Netherlands.
By Mark Wagenbuur. 🇳🇱 More infoUpdated
When is there no need for protected cycling infrastructure? Happy New Year to all! This first post of 2025 marks the beginning of a fresh year of cycling-related content. For January, I’ll publish on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, returning to my usual schedule …
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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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Modern Housing: An environmental common good A recent paper on housing, written with Mariana Mazzucato, outlining some ‘home truths’ about homes, and exploring the human right to housing alongside the rights of the environmentAny of the numerous so-called ‘housing crises’, at …
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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
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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2024 Rewind reflections from the GGWash staff Happy Metro Rewind week to all who celebrate! Like many a group text, the GGWash staff chat was blowing up with all of us sharing our 2024 trip data with each other on Wednesday, when …
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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
Music for urbanists: Lift Every Voice and Sing Anne Harris Carter presents Mike and Toni Loyal with the 2025 Who is My Neighbor Award, as Pastor Jonathan Heifner looks on(Sunday 1/19 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church)Sing a song full of the faith …
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lukebennett13
Tracing the spectacular within the humdrum of the built environment.
By Luke Bennett. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
‘Please retain all information for future reference’: the challenges of communicating with future users “All entities are shy retiring octopuses that squirt out a dissembling ink as they withdraw into the ontological shadows”. Timothy Morton (2013) Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World (Minneapolis: University of …
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Places Journal
Public scholarship on architecture, landscape, and urbanism.
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The City Was All I Had Ambitious literature and public policy each seek to shape reality. Few places embody the power of artists and policymakers to arrange space and time more persuasively than Washington, D.C. 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
Stratford Streets Boxing Day called for a little bit of fresh air and with the Elizabeth Line closed, I took my folding bike out for a trip to Stratford (East London) via the District Line for a …
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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
Peninsula Bay: Mixed-use development in Sihanoukville, Cambodia Peninsula Bay is a mixed-use development in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The project is being built on the peninsula in the city centre between Sokha and Ochheuteal Beach. The formerly rocky and tree-covered peninsula has been levelled …
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Streets.mn
Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota.
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Behind the Scenes of a Neighborhood Bike Theft Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part story detailing both a personal experience and the broader problem of bicycle theft in the Twin Cities — what police could do about it, but often …
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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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Debunking the "Slow and Incremental" Myth: The Key to Rapid Housing Growth In this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck discusses the common misbelief that an incremental approach to housing development is inherently slow. He explains how an incremental approach can actually be much faster than …
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The Urbanist
Examining urban policy to improve cities and quality of life.
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Facing Budget Crisis, Washington’s Leaders Downplay Focus on Highway Expansion This session, state lawmakers are grappling with major issues with education, housing affordability, and public safety, but structural issues with Washington’s transportation budget are also set to come to a head over the coming months. …