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  • Bellevue builds its first downtown bike lane. But there's a catch

    August 01, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Bellevue, Washington

    Bellevue’s pilot bike lane project is starting slow and ready for feedback. By beginning the project with less than a mile of bike lanes downtown, the city made sure to brand it as a pilot, hoping to measure results and adapt accordingly. Also, the Bellevue Downtown Association had a clear voice in expectations for any bike lane project, all of which were met in the initial pilot. The city hopes that bringing on board urban planners, city council, and the downtown association will increase chances of long-term success.

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  • The estate where local people refused to call last orders

    August 01, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Brighton

    The Bevy, a community-owned pub in Brighton, “is about creating an institution to bring together a fragmented community.” One of over 100 pub co-operatives throughout Britain, the Bevy is unique in that is is on a suburban housing estate. As such, it had huge power to add value to a struggling area, and it has done just that. Several years in, the Bevy acts as a community space, pays a living wage to employees, and welcomes all for good conversation and good beer.

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  • Can 'Work Colleges' in Cities Become a Low-Cost, High-Value Model for the Future?

    July 26, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas' Paul Quinn College is changing the dated perception of work colleges. At the first urban and historically black work college, students are graded on both academic and workforce performance. In the next few years, Paul Quinn hopes to expand its model into a national network of schools, with the goal of introducing students to corporate connections and offering an alternative to overwhelming student debt.

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  • To fix its housing woes, should California look to Seattle?

    July 26, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In response to the rapidly developing Seattle housing crisis, the city has begun to rezone single-family housing as high-rise apartment buildings and create accessible public transportation in redeveloped areas. Though this fastest-growing city in the country has a long way to go in the fight for affordable housing, the Bay Area cities can look to these rent-stabilizing solutions as possible responses to their own housing crisis.

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  • How 3,000 streetlights turned San Diego into America's smartest city

    July 25, 2018 |

    Digital Trends |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A municipality’s ability to collect data and implement small changes can mean cost savings, increased efficiency, and improvements to daily life. By incorporating the ‘internet of things’ into thousands of streetlights, San Diego is able to collect and disseminate data on street usage, parking spots, and traffic optimization.

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  • L.A. Offers a Tax Break for Urban Farming—But No One's Taking It

    July 24, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In 2014, the California legislature passed legislation to create the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones (UAIZ), offering tax breaks to landowners to turn their vacant lots into community farms. However, the legislation has failed to create any kind of community impact: only 4 lots have received the tax break in the 4 years that the program has existed. Landowners have been disincentivized by five-year lending terms and insufficient implementation.

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  • A simple solution to help cities fight overheating: more trees

    July 20, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Trees are an effective bulwark against summer heat, providing shade and cooling the air as water evaporates from leaves. A collaborative project mapped heat and other considerations in Dallas and picked the neighborhood of Oak Cliff to plant more than 1,000 trees. The ultimate goal is to revegetate the entire city.

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  • The Private Cities of Honduras

    July 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Honduras, San Pedro Sula

    To attract foreign investment, Honduras is creating privatized cities with Western-style laws and foreign judges. The development initiative is bringing in money and creating jobs, but the enclaves are tailored to please private companies and may undermine Honduran sovereignty and social cohesion.

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  • Design as Democracy: Barcelona's ‘Carritos' Encourage a More Inclusive Urbanism

    July 16, 2018 |

    TheCityFix |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Urban planners in Barcelona have a new way to engage locals who want a voice in urban design. Carritos, or mobile carts, are traveling to public spaces to draw in people who can share their opinions on development projects. This especially helps get feedback from those who do not have time to attend traditional city planning meetings. The goal is to make city planning a more inclusive space.

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  • Bugs and Birds: New Residents of a Greener Madrid

    July 13, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    With a little strategic planning, cities can nurture biodiversity in the urban environment. “Sometimes, small actions can bring incredible results,” says Antonio Morcillo, deputy director for conservation of green areas and urban trees in Madrid. The city is allowing the Manzanares River to flow, spontaneous vegetation to grow, and opening hundreds of birdhouses and insect hotels to counteract habitat loss.

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