Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

Cities cost money to operate. I argue that that section of the Metro operates "monocentrically" while the overall design of the system is polycentric, which doesn't help the city so much--BART is a great example of a polycentric system, although SF doesn't really need it because it has its own rail-based transit system.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, blogs and photo sharing sites illustrate the flexibility of ICT platforms in supporting collective action and social movements while the mediums themselves are both inexpensive to operate and instantaneous; multiple messages can be conveyed clearly and consistently over the course of movement evolution.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2025

One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. Keith Bedford for The New York Times. A man and a woman: Minding the gender gap in Bryant Park.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Transportation Budgeting Voting 52