Cities & Planning

"When I was abroad, I saw them on pretty much every city block. I would love to have the same thing here in the US."

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/PRNewswire/ - New clinical research supports the potential health benefits of maple syrup. Substituting two tablespoons of maple syrup for refined sugars...

A new drilling technology promises to unlock a wealth of energy—without a fossil fuel in sight. Will Knight sits down with WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber to find out more.

An underground network of wildlife enthusiasts is restoring rare species like boar, beaver, butterflies and pine marten without asking permission. Are they criminals or heroes?

How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves

Climate doomism is the pathway to ecological destruction due to anthropogenic actions created by human society pushed out by Western countries.

Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.

Inspired by our readings.

An (ecotopian) short story and far-future vision of life after the climate catastrophe.

It’s time to decide on Bremerton’s Warren Avenue Bridge bike and pedestrian trail. After years of study, the debate is whether the east side trail on State Route 303 should be 12-foot wide (preferred by multimodal advocates) or whether to accept the Wheeler administration’s preference of 10-foot wide. The administration and city council president have written

From 1908 to 1940, Sears sold tens of thousands of its kit houses, many of which are still in high demand today.

AYRO designs and produces electric low-speed vehicles and other solutions that leave minimal impact on carbon emissions and the space itself.

Sterling Heights, MI is one of many suburbs outside Detroit. Suburbs come in all shapes and sizes, with new ones emerging all the time. Is i...

My journey to urbanism took a twisted path. I grew up in rural Kitsap County, studied forest ecology, and worked in the woods of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon for 10 years in outdoor recreation and biology for the Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, a public utility, and a consulting company. My

A roundup of efforts that offer protection from dangerous heat — and also seek to reduce emissions.

Right now, the city of Seattle is at a crossroads. As a robust job market, the city has never had a housing plan that meets the demand. Thankfully, the Washington State Legislature has done a lot of work this spring, legalizing fourplexes everywhere in Seattle, and legalizing sixplexes near frequent transit. So, you may think

A slim cataloguing of the rich diversity of small vehicles that help shape street life in the world’s largest city Unusually for me, this is a post with little in the way of context. Rather, it is …

Amtrak is about to see more Federal funding than it’s had in decades, and is finally in the position to talk about major growth. But their “Amtrak Connects US” vision document is worth reading to notice two things: They continue to face a conflict between ridership goals and coverage goals, and they don’t feel that […]

The Urbanist Podcast is on summer break so we thought we'd share with you a guest podcast on a topic near and dear to hearts of many urbanists and bike advocates. On Resources Radio's From Rails to Trails, Peter Harnik discusses how nonprofits, local stakeholders, and policymakers convert abandoned railroad lines into multi-use recreational trails

In the eras before air-conditioning, southern China's skywells played a key role in keeping people's homes cool. Could they do it again today?

An enhanced geothermal system expands the range of sites able to be tapped for geothermal energy, and Fervo’s demo is the first time a company has shown it can be done on this kind of commercial scale.

Rollie Williams of Climate Town walks through the history of minimum parking laws and growth of parking in America with a few cameos from Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes. Williams highlights the many problems with such laws and the arbitrary nature of them.

Fixing Math 'n' Stuff's broken windows is probably cheaper than paying cops overtime.

During the Cold War, the US built a network of tunnels in the Greenland ice sheet. Sixty years later, the base has provided a critical clue about the climate crisis.

Colonization decimated Pacific herring, surf smelt and eulachon populations. Now the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is trying to ‘reset the clock.’

An early view of the Chicago Bears' stadium and mixed-use development project would look on the site of the former Arlington Park Racetrack ...