Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

A Warning From America’s Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit

By Elana Schor | Nov 19, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama may be optimistic about continued U.S. economic growth as 2009 ends, but the reality on the ground in urban America — which an estimated two-thirds of the population calls home — is undeniably, disturbingly bleak. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (Photo: PennLive) That was the message delivered today by two economists and a bipartisan […]

Dangerous by Design: L.A. Metro Lags Behind Nation on Funds to Fix Unsafe Streets

By Damien Newton | Nov 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Pedestrian life downtown. Photo by MarcTonySmith/Flickr A new report on pedestrian safety contains some bad, but not unexpected news for Angelenos and our neighbors in Southern California. Our streets are amongst the most dangerous ones in the country for pedestrians, yet our governments aren’t taking the issue seriously enough to adequately fund safety improvements. Los […]

CNU Transportation Project Raises Bar on Planning for Livable Cities

By Matthew Roth | Nov 5, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: npGreenway The Congress for the New Urbanism’s Project for Transportation Reform summit in Portland, Oregon, has brought together transportation engineers, city planners, and transportation reform advocates to share best practice policies for reforming transportation metrics, funding mechanisms, and regional practices that isolate transportation planning from land-use and growth targets. The highlight of the first […]

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: California Doing the Most

By Elana Schor | Oct 21, 2009 | No Comments

As Congress continues to debate climate change legislation that would include energy efficiency measures, states are already making progress in reducing the consumption of vehicles, utilities, and other fuel users. Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, where new building energy efficiency codes were recently adopted. (Photo: About.com) The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) singled out the […]

CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles

By Matthew Roth | Oct 14, 2009 | No Comments

The Congress for the New Urbanism will meet in Portland, Oregon, in early November for the annual Project for Transportation Reform, a summit to further define and clarify emerging urban transportation policies that embrace entire networks, rather than interdependent transportation segments, and that seek to balance modal transportation splits and reduce overall vehicular miles traveled […]

Jane Jacobs’ Is Planetizen’s Top Urban Planner, Shoup Fifteenth

By Elana Schor | Sep 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

Jane Jacobs. Photo: BusinessWeek She may be experiencing an intellectual reconsideration in some corners, but Jane Jacobs is still a beloved figure for the urban planners and designers of Planetizen. After a month-long online poll that saw more than 14,000 votes cast, the site released its list of the "Top 100 Urban Thinkers" today — […]

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