Urban Planning
Memo to Buttigieg: Fix Our National Traffic Control Standards
The feds will finally revise the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets standards for signs, markings and signals that help road users – and, eventually, autonomous vehicles – safely move through our communities.
February 7, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
January 14, 2021
Can This App Tell You If You Live in a ’15 Minute Neighborhood’?

October 20, 2020
Worst Practices: How Urban Planning Fails Vision Zero

October 13, 2020
No, We Don’t Need Drive-Thrus — Even During COVID-19

September 23, 2020
Top Mayors Pledge to Build 15-Minute Cities For COVID-19 Recovery

July 30, 2020
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets

June 24, 2020
Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon

April 16, 2020
Commentary: A City That Works for Everyone — Reflections on the Necessity of an Intersectional Urbanism
Robin Mazumder: When I speak out about urban issues, it is from my perspective as someone who experiences marginalization in some aspects of my identity as much as it is from my perspective as someone who has privilege.
February 7, 2020
Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking
Lawmakers in the Rose City have mandated that big developers provide space for residents to store their bicycles.
December 5, 2019