Urban Design
Streetsblog LA
Little Vehicles (including E-Scooters) Can Help Heal Car-Centric Cities
LVs can be the catalyst for L.A. to transform the urban fabric long term, to work better as compact walkable urban fabric around transit.
January 30, 2019
West Hollywood Brings Walking Improvements to the Sunset Strip
West Hollywood improved Sunset Blvd walkability by adding curb extensions, a parklet, public art, wayfinding, and sidewalk seating.
December 13, 2018
New Video and Map Reveal L.A. Streetcar Transit History
Watch City Beautiful's new video on the history of L.A.'s streetcars, and see them mapped beautifully by Jake Berman
September 7, 2018
Transit Lessons from Shanghai
If we fail to grasp the principle of point-to-point flexibility in transit planning, we will be forever baffled as to why transit continues to lose ridership.
May 2, 2018
YIMBYism and the Cruel Irony of Metropolitan History
To reckon with the current housing crisis we must inquire into our country’s metropolitan history
February 27, 2018
Latino Active Transportation: Reinvigorating Walking in U.S. Suburbs
Latinos make purposeful meaningful changes to their streets, representing their struggles, triumphs, everyday mobility habits, and beliefs. Many urban designers poo-poo the Latino pedestrian vernacular as messy, informal, and spontaneous, but these grassroots solutions represent a resource that non-Latinos should draw from.
September 21, 2017
Successful Buildings For A Better City
L.A. can learn from a great variety of urban building types around the world.
February 17, 2017
Young Planners: How Millennials Can Help Los Angeles in the Coming Years
While more millennials are moving to places like Charlotte, Houston and Austin, Los Angeles saw a 7.4 percent decrease in millennial residents between 2005 and 2015. This comes as no surprise to many. Urban planners have a right to be worried about this phenomenon.
December 6, 2016
Previewing This Week’s New Urbanism Film Festival
This week the annual New Urbanism Film Festival returns to Los Angeles. The grand opening is Thursday night! There are plenty of screenings, plus walking tours, storytelling, and more. Event details at NUFF website.
October 4, 2016
We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Zoning and the World Is Getting Worse
This week marks a noteworthy anniversary. The first city-scale zoning law in the United States was enacted on July 25, 1916, in New York City. The New York Times tells the story in an article titled Zoning Arrived 100 Years Ago. It Changed New York City Forever. According to the Times, the law:
July 29, 2016