• Five urban lessons from the COVID pandemic

    As we learn to live with COVID-19, it’s time to draw important lessons for city-making. We can do so at CNU 30 in Oklahoma City, and at the 58th IMCL in Paris.
    Toward the end of 2021, the Omicron variant roared onto the scene as a most unwelcome holiday guest—just as many of us thought the world was returning to something like normal. We may have forgotten about COVID, or wanted to, but it seems COVID didn’t forget about us. Thankfully, we are in a much...Read more

  • Sunbelt leads pedestrian deaths

    Dangerous by Design 2021 highlights the connection between roadway design and the tragic toll on people walking.
    Findings from the sixth biennial Dangerous by Design report have been released, and the sprawling metropolitan areas of the Sunbelt are leading the way in pedestrian deaths. The 2021 report draws attention to the connection between roadway design and pedestrian injuries and death nationwide. “Many...Read more

  • The Pandemic Toolkit

    A manual for rebuilding community health and opportunity in the post-COVID world.
    Faced with budget shortfalls, growing to-do lists for routine tasks delayed by the emergency, and general uncertainty about a “new normal,” how might governments address the uncertainty and respond effectively to COVID challenges? Answering that question is the goal of Placemakers' Pandemic Toolkit...Read more

  • A timeless alternative for housing the elderly

    COVID-19 has exposed problems with the US long-term care model of nursing homes. About 40 percent of total COVID deaths in the US have occurred in nursing homes. Residents have been subject to severe isolation in 2020—visiting such facilities has been difficult and sometimes impossible during the...Read more