• In dark ages, hope lies in the city

    On the centenary of Jane Jacobs’s birth, architects and planners lauded her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities . Both loved and reviled upon its release, it has come to be seen as one of the essential books about the city, the importance of lively, diverse neighbourhoods and housing...Read more

  • #EveryPlaceCounts Continues in Nashville, TN

    The program helps communities repair the urban fabric in neighborhoods bifurcated by interstate highways.
    Today, the USDOT #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge begins its second workshop in Nashville, TN. Created as part of the Secretary's Ladders of Opportunity program, the #EveryPlaceCounts challenge helps envision new locally-drivensolutions for reconnecting neighborhoods split by highways and...Read more

  • Workshop Recap: #EveryPlaceCounts Spokane Design Challenge, Day 2

    "Using green infrastructure to reconnect the East Central Neighborhood! #EveryPlaceCounts #Spokane #DOTconnects"
    This week, USDOT and CNU are bringing the #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge to Spokane, WA as part of the Secretary's Ladders of Opportunity initiative. Led by national transportation and urban design experts, dozens of local officials, residents, and business owners gathered to build consensus...Read more

  • Workshop Recap: #EveryPlaceCounts Spokane Design Challenge, Day 1

    "Highways: great for connecting cities...when they go through them it is damaging."
    This week, USDOT and CNU kicked off the Ladders of Opportunity #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge in Spokane, WA. Led by national transportation and urban design experts, dozens of local officials, residents, and business owners gathered to build consensus and generate strategies for reconnecting...Read more