A New List of Potential Freeway Removals Emerges
Cities are increasingly removing or decommissioning freeways or portions of freeways. Over the past two decades or so cities like Milwaukee, Boston, and Seoul have removed at least sections of...
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No More Parking Minimums in Hartford
In what many urbanists will consider a victory, the city of Hartford, Connecticut has abandoned parking minimums on new construction.Publication Date: Wed, 12/13/2017
View ArticleA Map of the Country's Black Homeownership Gap
Homeownership rates are very different for black and white Americans, but the discrepancy varies a great deal from city to city. Speaking generally, the South and the West show smaller differences than...
View ArticleWhere Population Declines but the Economy Grows
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan famously stated, "the single standard a mayor should be defined on is whether the population of the city is going up or going down."Publication Date: Tue, 03/13/2018
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10 U.S. Cities Launch Anti-Displacement Network
City leaders from around the United States will collaborate on policies to prevent displacement and promote equitable development through a new initiative from PolicyLink.Publication Date: Tue, 04/03/2018
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Community Land Trust Looking for a Foothold in Buffalo
"The F.B. Community Land Trust committee has its eyes on a cluster of vacant lots at the corner of Rose St. and High St., which are currently in the hands of the City of Buffalo," reports Calan...
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'Move to Buffalo' Is No Excuse
One common argument against building new housing in high cost cities is that people priced out of those cities can always move somewhere cheaper. This post responds to that claim.
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Massive Private Gift to Fund Parks and Trails in Detroit, Buffalo
"In one of the largest gifts of its kind ever, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation is donating $200 million to create new parks and recreational trails in Detroit and in the Buffalo, New York, area,"...
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Recent Parking Reform: Start of a Wave of Change?
Michael Andersen looks at new developments in parking reform as it moves, in his words, from the "realm of the radical" to that of "early adopters, the ones who know a good idea when they see it even...
View ArticleBadly Needed Light Rail Funding to the Rescue in Buffalo
"The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is in line for a $100 million state aid boost over the next five years to use for major infrastructure improvements on its deteriorating Metro Rail...
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Google Maps' Digital Erasure Highlights Issues of Community Identity in...
In the late 2000s, public outcry over the development of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in the Fruit Belt neighborhood of Buffalo, NY brought shed light on a complex community identity...
View ArticleRemoval Over Reconstruction: Rectifying Crumbling U.S. Highways
Decades-old urban highways in the U.S. are showing their age.Publication Date: Tue, 04/14/2020
View ArticleA 21st Century Planning Case Study: Buffalo, New York
Aaron Gordon visited Buffalo in the time before the pandemic to evaluate the city's history as a paragon of 19th century planning, and to explore its potential future at the forefront of what it hopes...
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Economic Recovery in Legacy Cities
America's legacy cities, think older industrial cities like Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., are faced with unique and unprecedented challenges during the...
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How Parking Reform Changed Development in Buffalo
"One of the most promising trends in urban planning is the push from a growing number of U.S. cities to reduce minimum parking requirements for new developments," writes Eric Jaffe.Publication Date:...
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