r/urbanplanning
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Urban planning aims to improve the built, natural, social and economic aspects of towns and cities. This sub encourages thoughtful discussion of related topics, like transportation, land use, and community development here among enthusiasts and professionals.
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Could the US adopt a similar Polykatokia model?
Sustainability
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Millennials are getting priced out of cities -- The generation that turned cities into expensive playgrounds for the young is now being forced to flee to the suburbs.
Discussion
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The Concept of "Housing Supply" Shaped by Major Lobbying Forces in the U.S.: Developers and the National Association of Realtors
Discussion
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Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car
Transportation
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Can This Car-Free Neighborhood Clone Itself?
Urban Design
Preview thumbnail for California city Lancaster spent $11.5 million turning ugly five-lane road into 'America's best main street', lined with pretty trees and parks that have boosted local economy by $280 million image
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California city Lancaster spent $11.5 million turning ugly five-lane road into 'America's best main street', lined with pretty trees and parks that have boosted local economy by $280 million
Urban Design
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How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
Land Use
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Sydney - state government plan sees Rosehill Racecourse replaced by more than 25,000 homes as Metro West confirmed
Transportation
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In bid for more housing, Alexandria ends single-family-only zoning: The Northern Virginia city’s ‘Zoning for Housing’ plan will allow buildings with up to four units in any residential neighborhood
Land Use
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Induced demand is misunderstood
Transportation
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Is modern urban planning philosophy out of touch?
Discussion
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‘Unique in the world’: why does America have such terrible public transit?
Transportation
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Skinny roads save lives, according to a study on the width of traffic lanes
Transportation
Preview thumbnail for How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit: At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach image
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How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit: At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach
Transportation
Preview thumbnail for I lost my job at Caltrans for speaking out against a freeway widening. The rot in our transit planning runs deep image
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I lost my job at Caltrans for speaking out against a freeway widening. The rot in our transit planning runs deep
Transportation
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Other thoughts for the local gas station
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In Taiwan the world's scooter capital, here's how battery swapping is going
Transportation
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does anyone know the process of becoming an urban planner in quebec? (ontario to quebec)
Discussion
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Question about how much demand you need for passenger rail
Discussion
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Principal/Senior Planner Job Description
Discussion
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Should they make an interstate highway from Portsmouth, NH to Albany NY?
Discussion
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Policy, Design, Planning, or Non-profit management
Other
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Is the Grand Central Pkwy Redundant with the Van Wyck Expwy in Queens, NYC?
Land Use
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Affordable housing - 6 storey/floor limit?
Land Use
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Pedestrian Only Street...s
Urban Design