Human Transit

JANUARY 27, 2022

I remember riding a Santiago bus with Juan Carlos in the bad old days of 2004: Bus drivers raced down the street, cutting each other off in hopes of grabbing the passengers at each stop. The implementation of Transantiago, however, was a disaster. The implementation of Transantiago, however, was a disaster.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Implementation Translation 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. This provision was not implemented and the result appears to have been thousands of avoidable deaths. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004).

Communications 52

Communications Legislation Implementation Public Health 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

TPAPs should be implemented at multiple scales: neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?)

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. By contrast, the median citywide assessed value of single-family houses built 2007 or later on unsubdivided parcels was $545,000.

Housing 98

Housing Laws Regulations Development 98