Encouraging car-free living in the suburbs Vauban, Germany No resident should be more than approximately a quarter-mile from a tram stop. “If you yearn to lower your carbon footprint and [more]

Why Are U.S. Drivers Killing So Many Pedestrians? We walk less, but we die more. According to the Governers HSA and European Road Safety Observatory, ped deaths are 75% higher [more]

Coronavirus Resources for Landlords Guides and reports to help landlords navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Read below for helpful FAQs. Check it out here

No Eyes on the Street. City Officials and the Future of AVs.  A large percentage of large cities have made no mention of AVs in their city plans, but those [more]

Got an Electric Car? Great! Where Do You Plug It In?  The switch to electric vehicles is at an all time high, and the only issue that can halt this [more]

‘Last mile’ delivery push will worsen commutes, hurt the environment, World Economic Forum says Growth in last-mile deliveries over the next decade could contribute to slower commutes and greater carbon [more]

Coronavirus and Climate Change: The Pandemic is a Fire Drill for our Planet’s Future

Why Midsize Cities Struggle to Catch Up to Superstar Cities For decades, smaller metropolitan areas closed the income gap with bigger, richer ones, but no longer. So places like Winston-Salem, [more]

How Architecture Firms are Responding to COVID-19 Practitioners across the country offer insight on the impact of the novel coronavirus on their staff, operations, and projects. Check out the article [more]

Confronting Unconscious Age Bias Not that long ago, living to turn 100 was a milestone very few people reached. Now? It’s the new normal. Half of all Americans born in 2007 will [more]

Coronavirus Preparedness for Apartment Firms As cases of the novel coronavirus, (COVID-19) spread across the country, apartment firms need to prepare for potential impact to their communities and to address [more]

EcoDistricts Protocol Research and Development Across five years of production, Protocol research and development has involved the engagement of more than 100 expert advisors, comprehensive roundtables, listening sessions, peer review [more]

What Property Managers Should Be Doing Right Now The status of the coronavirus outbreak has changed dramatically over the last three weeks and even on a daily basis, and those [more]

Housing in Brief: What Landlords Are Saying About Rent and Evictions Landlords are not the most trusted figures even in ordinary times, and as the novel coronavirus outbreak leads to [more]

Business Facilities ranking for economic growth potential KC is No. 10 A New Jersey publication lists Kansas City in its top ten cities with the highest economic growth potential. Check [more]

Maintaining Business Continuity During the Covid-19 Pandemic.  As we all navigate the COVID-19 pandemic – and the uncertainty and changes it brings – we know you need clear and practical guidance and valuable resources [more]

USDOT unveils AV 4.0 report U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled the department’s newest autonomous vehicle (AV) guidelines, “Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies: Autonomous Vehicles 4.0,” [more]

What Every American and Community Can do Now to Decrease the Spread of the Coronavirus.  Slides of information to encourage good hygiene to slow down Coronavirus. Check out the article [more]

To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars.  Remaking healthy urban areas means repairing damage done to communities once blown apart to serve the [more]

Effective Quarantines and Strong Towns In this era of COVID-19, the concept of isolation has become ubiquitous as we all hunker down at home hoping for the pestilence to pass [more]

There’s no better time for cities to take space away from cars.  Some cities are taking advantage of low traffic and opening up their streets to biking and walking. Read [more]

Why We Need ‘Sociable Distancing’ The false duality between dense public spaces and isolated private ones misses the complexity of all the diverse—and relatively safe—urban places in between. Read the [more]

The State of Coronavirus in America The way the virus has hit states and regions of the country differs greatly. The State of Coronavirus in America looks at divergent health [more]

What role do planning and design play in a pandemic? Ann Forsyth reflects on COVID-19’s impact on the future of urban life.  Over the past few days, normal life at [more]

Pandemics are also an Urban Planning Problem Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation. Read the [more]

5 Ways to Optimize Buildings for COVID-19 Prevention Coronavirus has taken over the 24-hour news cycle, with article after article updating us on newly identified cases, handwashing techniques, and why [more]

Design in The Age of PandemicsThroughout history, how we design and inhabit physical space has been a primary defense against epidemics. Read the story here.

Facts don’t support the ‘density is dangerous’ narrative. Over the last two weeks, there’s been a lot of speculation that cities are more dangerous places during the coronavirus pandemic—and some [more]

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Will Change the Built Environment This won’t be the first time in history that cities and buildings will be reimagined in response to an increased understanding [more]

Seven Keys to a Lively Mall Retrofit Highland is striving for a high level of sustainability, supporting regional goals for density and infill development, ensuring economic sustainability through partnerships, fostering [more]

Local Government Planning for Sustainability & Resilience Local government planning can help build community sustainability and resilience. Local governments can include planning policies in their regional growth strategies and official [more]

Small Cities Score Big as Event Destinations A sun-drenched casino town with vivid nightlife, quirky attractions, and a spacious convention center is a slam-dunk destination for many event planners. But [more]

Grasslands more reliable carbon sink than trees Forests have long served as a critical carbon sink, consuming about a quarter of the carbon dioxide pollution produced by humans worldwide. But [more]

Sustaining Places: Best Practices for Comprehensive Plans This report is not a recipe. It’s a resource with principles, processes, and pointers communities can use to forge their own solutions as [more]

Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary the country has run out of rubbish Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling [more]

Low-wage work is more pervasive than you think, and there aren’t enough “good jobs” to go around Even as the U.S. economy hums along at a favorable pace, there is [more]

Fewer kids are riding and buying bicycles, and the industry is worried Children’s bicycle manufactures and retailers are bracing for rough times ahead as market research shows fewer kids are [more]

The world economy’s strange new rules A Special Economist Report Read the article here.

The 2010s may have seen the slowest population growth in U.S. history, census data show A 2020 census preview of population and congressional reapportionment Read the full story here.

U.S. Population Growing Very Slowly, Census Bureau Says Ten states lost residents in 2019. But despite the country’s population gains slowing to a crawl, some states are attracting more residents, [more]

7 Trends that will define smart cities in 2020 Cities are primed for big transformation, including scooter company consolidation, car-free zone planning, and increased flying car investments. Read the article [more]

Marking Milestones: Looking Toward a New Decade in Gov Tech Our first issue of the new year looks at where government technology has been, where it’s going and offers perspective [more]

Younger Americans more likely than older adults to say there are other countries that are better than the U.S. Young people in the United States express far more skeptical views [more]

Four facts about suburban poverty In King County, only one in four people live within a half-mile of high-frequency transit. Read the rest of the article here.

Why inclusive cities start with safe streets For cities to be considered inclusive and equitable, they must first address that their streets are safe and allow everyone to participate in [more]

Road diet creates people-oriented corridor for suburb A road diet allows for better walkability and bikeability by allowing for a decrease in automobile lanes for the purpose of adding bicycle [more]

Long Commutes by Car Hard on Our Health Researchers find that walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive, in comparison to commuting by car, which has [more]

Why, and How, Kids Should Walk or Bike to School Walking and biking to school has many benefits for both student safety and environmental health. Less vehicular traffic, pollutants, in [more]

The latest evidence that bike lanes are good for business Studies find that trading street parking for bike lanes helps the businesses and the local economy, rather than hurt it. [more]