The latest in urban planning, placemaking, and citizen action:
- Advocates in Flint, Michigan, fight to turn abandoned lots into thriving urban gardens. [MLive]
- 3D model reveals “unintended consequences” of Chicago city planning. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- More fresh produce for urban dwellers: New York’s Green Carts provide access in low-income neighborhoods… [New York Times]
- … while “fruit foragers” collaborate to share garden bounties. [New York TImes]
- In Brazil, government constructs cinderblock walls to constrain favela neighborhoods. [Wall Street Journal]
- NYT columnist makes an ethical case against the Hummer and for new transit technologies. [New York Times]
- “Second Life” enables innovative community engagement in spatial planning. [Metropolis]
- Public transit and mixed-use projects invigorate city living in Texas, Denver, Los Angeles, and more. [Planetizen, New York Times, Los Angeles Times]