• Top 10 ‘15-minute city’ list headed by Miami

    Miami has the greatest potential for meeting 15-minute city goals, followed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh, according the first ranking of 15-minute city characteristics among large US cities.
    Of all big American cities, Miami has the greatest potential for meeting the geographic goals of the 15-minute city, according to a recent analysis by MoveBuddha.com . That Miami rose to the top over San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, and other more obvious choices as 15-minute cities is...Read more

  • A highway cap in El Paso: False road to equity?

    Editor’s note: As part of Public Square’s coverage of Freeways Without Futures 2021 , we explored briefly when it’s appropriate to cap a highway . We received this response from Sito Negron in El Paso, Texas, where the Texas Department of Transportation is planning a widening of I-10, working with...Read more

  • Where sidewalks and bike paths have priority

    Continuous sidewalks and bike paths cross intersections so that local streets are no more disruptive than a typical driveway.
    The City of Nanaimo, British Columbia, and ISL Engineering have been working for the last two years on new engineering standards and a complete street design guide. To showcase the standards, the City has implemented a complete street project on Metral Drive. A standout feature of the new standards...Read more

  • Fifty reasons to love urbanism

    Hop on the bus, Gus. Make an urban plan, Sam. Read the report, sport, on 50 reasons to love urban places.
    With apologies to Paul Simon, there must be 50 reasons to build a more walkable city. I have always believed that, although not in those exact words. Arup, a British multinational engineering and consulting firm, has published a report that neatly describes an impressive two score and ten benefits...Read more