Red Cities, Blue Cities, and Crime | Planetizen Blogs
WEBMar 12, 2023 · Red cities: cities with Republican mayors. These cities include Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Fresno, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Tulsa, Colorado Springs, Miami and Bakersfield (Mesa, Aurora and Virginia Beach also have Republican mayors, but all three are really suburbs of an older city so I’m not sure it makes sense to include them).
Amazon’s Largest Warehouse Ever Under Construction in Southern ...
WEBJun 6, 2022 · The largest Amazon warehouse ever—a 4.1 million-square-foot, 97-foot-tall building planned for dairy lands in Ontario, California—is under construction, according to an article by Jeff Collins for the Orange County Register [paywall].. When complete, the new warehouse “will have more space than any other Amazon warehouse not just in America, but in the world,” reports Collins.
Ranking the Top 15-Minute Cities of the United States
WEBAug 19, 2021 · Natalie Bicknell shares news of a new report by moveBuddha, an online company that shares information and resources for moving, that ranks U.S. cities by their achievement of the "15-minute city" ideal that has gained traction in urbanism circles in recent years. "[Mi]d-size American cities of 250,000 to 750,000 residents dominated the rankings of the top 25 future 15-minute cities in the ...
Urban Villages: The Key to Sustainable Community Economic …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Urban villages with diverse housing types allow this to occur. This suggests that a successful urban village requires 5,000 to 10,000 residents, or 2,000 to 4,000 homes, within a 250- to 350-acre walkshed. This typically requires an average of 15 to 40 residents, or 6 to 15 housing units per acre, a density level that does not require high-rise ...
How Urban Sprawl Came To Dominate U.S. Cities—And How To …
WEBMay 4, 2022 · The sprawl that characterizes many modern cities doesn’t have to continue to define them, argues Jocelyn Timperley.. “As the world struggles to undo unsustainable systems, as well as the growing inequality between the rich and the poor, cities are making their way back into the spotlight as potential solutions—and missteps.”
Political Support for Amtrak’s All Aboard Ohio Plans Follows …
WEBMay 18, 2022 · PDX International Airport’s New Terminal Is a Mass-Timber Marvel. Needing to expand to accommodate 35 million annual passengers by 2045 but constrained by Portland’s urban growth boundary, PDX had to think outside the …
12 Developments That Will Change Houston Forever - Planetizen
WEBJul 14, 2021 · The Houston Chronicle offers a look at 12 major projects that are changing the landscape of Houston, among them a new Amazon Logistics facility and Hewlett Packard Enterprise's new global headquarters: "East River, a massive new project from the developers of CityCentre, will transform 150 acres of Houston's Fifth Ward into a development ...
Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs
WEBQ&A: New Orleans Planning is 'Visionary within the Envelope of Feasibility'. The following interview, as published in the 4th Edition of the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, features Jason Neville, senior planner for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. February 26, 2015 - Jason Neville.
Map-Correcting App Shows 'The True Size Of' Places
WEBJun 2, 2016 · The True Size Of is an interactive app that seeks to improve our skewed sense of global geography by correcting the world map. The web app allows users to drag a country to another part of the map. The country's size and shape will change until it compares accurately to its new location. For a little background on why "the world's most ...
L.A.'s New Housing Element Calls for 456,000 New Homes
WEBDec 7, 2021 · The Los Angeles City Council voted in November "to adopt an update to the general plan's housing element which aims to accommodate the construction of up nearly 500,000 new homes," reports Steven Sharp for Urbanize Los Angeles.. The Housing Element update, titled the "Plan to House L.A.," requires the city "to add approximately 57,000 new homes annually between 2021 and 2029," reports Sharp.