WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015—Earth Day was created 45 years ago as a way of putting environmental concerns front and center. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is released a new video to commemorate Earth Day and to showcase…
Twenty-Five New Projects Help Implement Chicago’s GO TO 2040 Comprehensive Plan
CHICAGO, October 16, 2014 - More than two dozen new projects led by local governments and nonprofits will receive staff assistance or grants to drive…
Acoustic Design Makes for a More Livable City
The sound quality of urban environments is an important consideration for people’s health and well being. The World Health Organisation notes that one…
Finding Europe’s Quiet Areas
At least 110 million people are adversely affected by noise from Europe’s busiest roads alone. People need to escape this pollution and access quiet places to work, relax and live a healthy life. Such ‘quiet areas’ should be protected under EU legislation,…
The Urban Infrastructure Initiative: Final Report
Today, more than half of the planet’s inhabitants are living in urban areas. By 2050, more than 70 % of the global population will live in cities. The scale and pace of urbanization in the coming decades is unprecedented in human history. The battle for…
South Australia’s Transport Planning Criticized
Civic Trust chairman Darian Hiles said he supported the State Government's transport plan's emphasis on improving public transport but said it was "locked into" flawed policy directions, including making residential development along major arterial roads and…
The World Wants Vancouverism. Shouldn't Canada?
Vancouver has been remade dramatically, rendered into a thickly vertical city jammed with people and activity. Its combination of high population density in cozy downtown neighbourhoods, intimate street life and popular public transit has become one of Canada’s…
Replacing Portland's Central City Plan
No other area of the country can match our region’s depth of experience with building livable cities. In virtually all areas of city building, the planning jurisdictions of this metropolitan area have been innovators. They have pioneered new ways of addressing…
