Recent Streetsblog USA posts about City Planning

Talking Headways Podcast: Roadways for People

By Jeff Wood | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Energy of Ancient Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

What can ancient cities tell us about contemporary urbanism? An anthropologist explores some themes.

Talking Headways Podcast: How Zoning Broke American Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

How were cities regulated before zoning — and should zoning abolition be the ultimate goal?

THE BRAKE: Are Would-Be Planners and Engineers on Board With Transportation Reform?

By Streetsblog | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

Planning and engineering students are poised to play a major role in shaping America's transportation system for decades. But do they agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like?

THE BRAKE: Why Every City Needs a Car Master Plan

By Streetsblog | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel?

Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure

By Jeff Wood | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.

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