Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Planning

Charter Revision Report: Land Use Process Should Stay Untouched, For Now

By Noah Kazis | Jul 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

The Charter Revision Commission’s preliminary report is out, and the headline news is that while term limits and instant runoff voting got nods, the Bloomberg priority of non-partisan elections didn’t make the cut. The land use process, which was the subject of an entire commission forum last month, will likely remain unchanged for the time […]

Talking Planning, Diversity, and Cycling With the Women Behind Velo City

By Ben Fried | Jun 29, 2010 | 7 Comments

Naomi Doerner, Samelys Lopez, and Karyn Williams are planners, New Yorkers, and cyclists who set out about a year ago to change their profession. Responding to the lack of diversity in the planning and design fields — and within the bicycling community — the three of them formed the non-profit Velo City last September. Their […]

Land Use Process Likely Safe in Charter Revision, But Major Issues Simmer

By Noah Kazis | Jun 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

Former Staten Island Council Member Stephen Fiala defends the role of borough presidents in land use decision-making. Image: SI Advance. The city’s Charter Revision Commission held its fifth issue forum last night, discussing the city’s complex land use process. Based on the commentary of a panel of expert witnesses, a major revision of the city’s […]

“Our Cities Ourselves”: Imagining the Future of Urban Transport

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2010 | No Comments

"Brooklyn Bridge Remix/Redux," by Terreform and Michael Sorkin Studio Today, Manhattan’s AIA Center for Architecture debuted an exhibition that envisions a new era of sustainable mobility. For "Our Cities Ourselves," the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy invited architects to take on the evolving transportation needs of the world’s cities, which in two decades are […]

Jackson Heights Groups Unveil Bottom-Up Plan for Green Neighborhood

By Noah Kazis | May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments

Last week, Jackson Heights residents won a summer-long car-free street, and it turns out that local activists have many more initiatives for a greener, more livable neighborhood in their sights. The Jackson Heights Green Agenda [PDF] — the product of a community planning process that drew on the expertise of hundreds of residents — sets […]

RPA Panel: Walkable Urbanism Key to NYC’s Housing Policy

By Noah Kazis | Apr 20, 2010 | 9 Comments

NYCHA plans to restore 129th Street at St. Nicholas Houses (which would chop this superblock across the middle), part of an effort to integrate good neighborhood design with housing policy. Image: Google Earth. The key to building better and more affordable housing in New York City is that oft-cited but elusive quality: urbanism. So said […]

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