No, Electric Scooters Aren’t More Dangerous Than Other Modes of Transportation.
A new Rutgers paper looks at the question of whether ebikes and scooters deserve all of the hate.
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Cities & Urban Planning
Drew Dilkens: “We Must Preserve Single Family Zoning At All Costs!”
Windsor, Ontario is fighting the federal government’s housing plan in order to “protect the character of the neighborhood.”
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Taking Climate Solutions To New Heights With ADL Ventures
Nat starts a new job with ADL Ventures, a venture developer focusing on solutions for energy, climate, and construction.
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Things To Look Out For In The New Year of 2024
eBikes, YIMBY, what’s left of the Republican Party, and more.
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Preserving The Letters: Planning Law
Planners– don’t procrastinate until New Year’s Eve. You literally have two whole years in your licensure cycle. Do your continuing education units *today.*
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The Demise of US Steel: Tariffs Can’t Fix Bad Management.
Sadly, but perhaps not surprisingly, US Steel is about to go the way of so many other once-great American corporations that have been acquired by foreign companies.
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Suburban Skylines: A California Tech Town’s Growth Struggles
Cupertino, California is fighting against twinned challenges of sky-high housing prices, and an unwillingness of some residents to work to change that.
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Fall In Detroit!
Before the frost and the demise of all of the leaves, I managed to get out there and take a bunch of pictures of pretty things.
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What To Do When The Client Says They Need More Parking
An uncomfortable situation in which the client wants to demolish buildings to add parking spaces. Let’s push back and say, “what about this other thing instead?”
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People Deserve Beautiful Things
The SDBA program introduced an interesting discussion about design standards in renovation. It happens to be something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about.
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