19 stories tagged urban-planning, newest first.
202 points by skadamat | 96 comments
Human Transit blog post by Jarrett Walker on Blaise Pascal's 1662 Paris carriage network, the first fixed-route public transport, and its network design principles.
7 points by gumby | 0 comments
CleanTechnica article on cities worldwide sinking due to groundwater depletion and how the subsidence process can be reversed.
877 points by pcai | 421 comments
Landing page for Permit Pending, a free browser city-builder game where the player, as mayor, must get projects past zoning boards, neighbors, appeals courts and elections.
18 points by ldite | 2 comments
Wikipedia article on the shit flow diagram (excreta flow diagram), a tool for visualizing how human waste is managed in urban sanitation systems.
521 points by JumpCrisscross | 173 comments
A browser-based simulation game where you play a housing developer in San Francisco navigating the Board of Supervisors, permits, and city politics to get projects approved.
36 points by rustoo | 22 comments
A SAGE journal article modelling how urban form and city shape affect travel distances; the page shown is a Cloudflare security verification screen.
34 points by bryanrasmussen | 16 comments
Newsletter essay from The Birth of a Capital about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the City Beautiful movement, and its legacy in civic architecture.
537 points by RickJWagner | 507 comments
A Works in Progress magazine essay explaining why Japan's railway system is so effective.
407 points by surprisetalk | 594 comments
A Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that US cities should consolidate and space out bus stops to make buses faster and cheaper to run.
681 points by tcumulus | 137 comments
An interactive gallery by Albert Guillaumes of isometric 3D models of European metro stations and transfers, selectable by city and station on a map.
826 points by robtherobber | 901 comments
Green European Journal article on reclaiming European cities from cars, highlighting Pontevedra, Spain's citywide reduced traffic zone.
1038 points by DaveZale | 568 comments
Helsinki Times news article reporting that Helsinki went a full year without any traffic deaths.
504 points by perihelions | 450 comments
Washington Post Climate Solutions article with pollution maps showing Paris air pollution falling after car traffic restrictions and investment in parks and bike lanes.
324 points by itronitron | 280 comments
A Bicycle Dutch blog post from 2018 describing the design of a typical urban intersection in the Netherlands and how it handles cyclists and cars.
332 points by Brajeshwar | 133 comments
New Atlas article on research finding that botanical gardens and urban green spaces can cool surrounding city air by an average of 5°C.
432 points by altilunium | 363 comments
An interactive eldiario.es data journalism piece using Spanish Cadastre data and maps to explain why Spaniards mostly live in apartment buildings.
910 points by graypegg | 230 comments
Tyler Vigen investigates why a pedestrian bridge crosses I-494 west of the Minneapolis airport, connecting Bloomington and Richfield.
445 points by toss1 | 309 comments
Boston Planning & Development Agency news release announcing Mayor Wu's pilot program to incentivize converting downtown office buildings to housing.
332 points by rntn | 512 comments
CNN Business article reporting that New York City will charge drivers a congestion fee for entering downtown Manhattan.