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1926: SCOTUS's Euclid v. Ambler ruling let cities zone entire neighborhoods for single-family homes only. Result: ~75% of LA's residential land is zoned exclusively for single-family houses today. That's not a housing shortage. It's a housing ban, written into law.

#UrbanPlanning #Housing #Zoning
November 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
durb.in
Me romanticizing walkable cities. #urbanplanning
October 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM
itspedrolund.bsky.social
Inside the most sustainable neighborhood in the United States

#permaculture #regeneration #urbanplanning
Inside America's Most Sustainable Neighborhood
YouTube video by Andrew Millison
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November 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
nammaward.bsky.social
The plan also proposes uniform road restoration rules to hold agencies accountable for excavation work.

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#Bengaluru #GBA #Infrastructure #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #CivicDevelopment
November 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
atlasurbium.bsky.social
Paris invented the flaneur as a detached observer. Madrid rejected the premise. Here, walking is rhetoric -- every boulevard a political sentence, every alley an argument about what a city owes its people.

Madrid: The Flaneur Who Refuses Neutrality

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#UrbanPlanning
AI-generated hero image: Madrid streetscape blending Gran Via grandeur with old quarter intimacy, a lone figure walking through contested urban space
November 1, 2026 at 9:07 AM
thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
But heaven forbid that US car-dependent cities should do this because it would kill the downtown businesses.

#cars #urbanplanning #walkability #Spain #retail […]
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mas.to
November 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
capitalmind.bsky.social
Most planned new cities fail: infrastructure for millions, yet few residents. Success stories like Washington, Canberra & Shenzhen borrowed a population through relocation or proximity to jobs. #UrbanPlanning #NewCities #HousingCrisis
November 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
atlasurbium.bsky.social
Hamburg, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Vienna, Barcelona, Bologna – the right-height city is already being built in pieces. What would a unified code look like? A popular essay masquerading as a codebook.

A Popular Building Code for Five-to-Eight-Storey Cities

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#UrbanPlanning #ArtNouveau
AI-generated hero image: European mid-rise streetscape with porticoes, active ground floors, trams, and climate-responsive façades at human scale
November 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
ratiocity.bsky.social
We’ll be digging into some of these municipal journeys over the coming weeks. #municipalities #economicdevelopment #municipalplanning #gis #citybuilding #urbanplanning #housing #municipalgrowth #cityplanning
October 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
atlasurbium.bsky.social
If Madrid complicates the flaneur by making him rhetorical, Lisbon does something stranger and finer. It breaks him apart. The city's topography fragments the self into multiple walkers inhabiting the same body.

Lisbon: The Flaneur Who Becomes a Crowd

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#UrbanPlanning
AI-generated hero image: Lisbon hillside with steep staircases and azulejo walls, multiple overlapping perspectives suggesting plurality of perception
October 31, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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#AURIN #NCRIS #UrbanResearch #ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalResearchInfrastructure #NationalResearchPriorities #HardToGetData #HardToDoAnalytics #UrbanAnalytics #NCRISimpact #AURINNetwork #AURINImpact #Domain #HousingAffordability #PropertyData #EvidenceBasedPolicy #UrbanPlanning
October 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM
trufiassoc.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
"Transportation Colonialism" is alive and well — and dead — in Florida.

via @usa.streetsblog.org

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/13/is-americas-first-autonomous-transit-system-really-dead

#florida #cityplanning #urbanism #UrbanPlanner #UrbanPlanning #inclusiveplanning […]
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October 31, 2026 at 1:12 PM
dailynorthern.com
Reykjavík requires consultation on Bankastræti building plans #architecture #reykjavik #urbanplanning
Reykjavík requires consultation on Bankastræti building plans
Proposed changes to the House of the Painter at Bankastræti 7a must go through a neighbour consultation, Reykjavík’s planning officer has ruled, mbl.is reported. The plan is to demolish the building’s third floor and rebuild it with higher ceilings, raising the house by 1.2 metres. Iceland’s Heri…
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October 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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October 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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As Asheville grapples with the tension between affordable housing and preserving its unique neighborhood charm, council members are calling for a clear strategy to navigate these conflicting goals.

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#AshevilleCityBuncombeCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #AffordableHousing #UrbanPlanning
Council raises trade-offs between affordability and preserving distinctive neighborhood character
During visioning, council members warned that goals to expand affordable housing might conflict with preserving neighborhood character and asked for an explicit process to resolve those tensions as the plan advances.
citizenportal.ai
November 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
austriareportcom.bsky.social
Vienna Starts First Low Traffic Grätzl in Meidling

#Vienna #UrbanPlanning #Meidling #LowTrafficNeighbourhood #SustainableCity
Vienna Starts First Low Traffic Grätzl in Meidling
Construction begins on a new traffic-calmed zone in Meidling featuring pedestrian areas and diagonal filters to reduce through traffic.
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October 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
citizenptnewsor.bsky.social
Bend's council is leaning towards a balanced 1.37% employment growth forecast, a strategic choice that aims to reflect regional dynamics without overestimating future job expansion.

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#BendDeschutesCounty #OR #BendEconomicDevelopment #UrbanPlanning #RegionalEconomy
Staff recommends PSU 1.37% employment forecast; council leans toward middle path
For the Economic Opportunities Analysis, staff recommended using Portland State University’s 1.37% annual forecast as a balanced, defensible planning assumption; council expressed support for that middle option over the slower OED 0.68% or Bend’s historical 2% rate.
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November 1, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Pasco's Planning Commission just recommended a controversial update to the Critical Areas Ordinance, sparking heated debates over habitat protection and development standards!

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#PascoCityFranklinCounty #WA #CitizenPortal #GrowthManagement #HabitatConservation #UrbanPlanning
Planning commission recommends critical‑areas update despite objections to proposed shrub‑steppe thresholds
City staff proposed streamlining critical‑areas review and applying local 'best available science' to shrub‑steppe; conservation speakers urged removal of a proposed 50/30/10 percentage test and the commission voted to recommend the update to City Council with one commissioner dissenting.
citizenportal.ai
November 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
nichoeetricolas.bsky.social
Does Your City Need a Membrane, Too? 🏙️🧬

#Cities #UrbanPlanning #Neuroscience #SystemsThinking #PublicPolicy

https://brainlatamimages.com/blog/the-municipality-also-needs-a-membrane
Does Your City Need a Membrane, Too? 🏙️🧬
October 29, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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HDR engineer Javier Munzo reveals the intricate design choices behind the proposed viaduct, highlighting critical constraints that could shape its future.

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#FL #CitizenPortal #InfrastructureDevelopment #EngineeringInnovation #UrbanPlanning
Engineers outline grades, spans and a major utility constraint for the viaduct
HDR engineer Javier Munzo described the geometry and structural approach for the proposed viaduct and flagged a 102‑inch shoreline force main and the Powell/Bear Cut bridge interfaces as key constraints; consultants said conventional beams were feasible but column placement and intersection design will need refinement.
citizenportal.ai
November 2, 2026 at 2:23 AM
beitris1.bsky.social
Please someone allow us to be able to afford housing. Why are "luxury" rentals being built when affordability is what Toronto renters need. torontolife.com/deep-dives/d... #UrbanPlanning @jasonthorne.bsky.social #Housing #LiveableCities
Dozens of ideas to solve the housing crisis that are so crazy they just might work - Toronto Life
Despite efforts from all levels of government, agencies, developers and not-for-profits, Toronto still has a critical shortage of affordable, livable...
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October 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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#AURIN #NCRIS #UrbanResearch #ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalResearchInfrastructure #NationalResearchPriorities #HardToGetData #HardToDoAnalytics #UrbanAnalytics #NCRISimpact #AURINNetwork #AURINImpact #Domain #HousingAffordability #PropertyData #EvidenceBasedPolicy #UrbanPlanning
October 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Oxford Street's car-free zone is full of cyclists amid calls for fines

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#cycling #traffic #urbanplanning

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Oxford Street's car-free zone is full of cyclists amid calls for fines
Oxford Street's car-free zone is full of cyclists amid calls for fines
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November 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
citizenptnewsct.bsky.social
Traffic experts reveal promising news for the Westcott Road/I-395 interchange, with recommended upgrades set to enhance safety and efficiency!

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#KillinglyNortheasternConnecticutPlanningRegion #CT #CitizenPortal #UrbanPlanning #KillinglyTraffic #TransportationInnovation
Traffic consultant says DOT has reviewed trip projections; recommends signals and turn-lane improvements
Fuss & O'Neil presented an 8-intersection traffic study based on conservative Amazon trip rates; DOT (OSTA) has reviewed volumes and the consultant recommended traffic-signal upgrades and turn lanes to mitigate operational impacts, with final encroachment/permitting to proceed through DOT's multi-step review.
citizenportal.ai
November 1, 2026 at 4:19 AM
citizenptnewsfl.bsky.social
A groundbreaking proposal could transform Key Biscayne's roadway, diverting 28,000 daily vehicle trips to an elevated viaduct while creating a vibrant 3.5-mile multimodal path for pedestrians and cyclists.

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#FL #CitizenPortal #UrbanPlanning #PublicSafety #TransportationInnovation
Consultants: viaduct could divert 28,000 trips and add 3.5 miles of multimodal path
Consultants said the concept aims to divert roughly 28,000 vehicle trips a day to an elevated viaduct, create about 3.5 miles of multimodal pathway and preserve about 400 parking spaces; they cautioned that a full traffic analysis is still needed.
citizenportal.ai
November 2, 2026 at 2:32 AM