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Preserving Cuba’s Urban Quality
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
As U.S.-Cuba relations evolve with a new presidential administration, author Richard Louv argues that officials should be careful about relying on commerce to save the country’s decaying urban areas without preserving them.
A New Plan For Congestion Pricing in New York
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Charles Komanoff reveals a revised new plan that aims to bring congestion pricing to New York City and use its revenue to reduce the price of transit.
Chicago Misses Deadline for $153 Million Transit Grant
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The city of Chicago has missed a deadline to approve a pending parking fee ordinance that would have helped the city qualify for $153 million in federal grant money.
Washington D.C.’s ‘Inaugural Refugees’
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The District of Columbia may be expecting the largest gathering of people in America’s history for President Obama’s inauguration, but many residents will also be leaving town.
SF’s Parking Experiment to Test Shoup’s Theories
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
San Francisco’s federally-funded parking experiment SFPark will be a live test of the theories of dynamic parking management popularized by Donald Shoup.
Cities See The Light
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Through festivals, lighting master plans, and creative integrations of artistic interpretations, cities across the world are harnessing the power of light to reinvigorate neglected areas and renew public interest.
Grow Your Own
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
In this excerpt from their new book, The Urban Homestead, authors Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen point out all the ways city dwellers can move away from industrial agriculture.
Liverpool’s Transformative Year of Culture
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
As Liverpool ends its year as the European Union’s “Capital of Culture”, the city is vastly different and better than it was just a year ago, according to this column.
