Building Better Cities - Urban Transportation and Housing News
WEBUpcoming Event. September 17, 2024 1:00pm EASTERN. This session will explore the contributions and impact that immigrant workers make in building and fixing our cities, the biggest labor and human rights issues facing this workforce and the business structures unique to the building and construction industry that perpetuate these conditions.
Urbanist News - Top Stories and In-Depth Features from Next City
WEBUrbanist News. Next City goes beyond pithy headlines and sound bites, publishing original, in-depth features on urbanist news issues critical to our shared future. Our daily stories and in-depth feature articles, written by journalists from around the globe, span a wide range of topics, from transportation and infrastructure, to affordable ...
How Baltimore’s Promising Vacant Properties Program Is Working
WEBNov 2, 2016 · After Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake first took office in 2010, the city’s Vacants to Value program was one of the first new initiatives to get off the ground. It’s a multipronged strategy to use data and city resources strategically to fight blight. Instead of the city acquiring vacant homes and repairing them en masse, Vacants ...
Inside Chicago’s Effort to Protect Tenants’ Right to Cool Air
WEBJul 21, 2022 · When temperatures in Chicago climbed above 90 degrees during a heatwave this past May, residents of the James Sneider Apartments in Rogers Park sweltered. Inside the 10-story senior living facility, the air conditioning was turned off. Tenants reported that temperatures inside rose to over 100 degrees, but their complaints went unaddressed for ...
Chicago’s Unique Bike Giveaway Program Is a Win for Mobility …
WEBJul 5, 2024 · The analysis comes as new data from a CDOT study shows that bike ridership in Chicago has grown by 119% over the last four years, the largest such spike among America’s 10 biggest cities. Some of the largest increases happened in Chicago’s South Side, in neighborhoods including Kenwood and Englewood.. Bike Chicago is notably larger than other physical bike giveaway programs across the ...
Urban News - In-Depth Features from Next City
WEBFeatures. With all the conversation about cities, sometimes nuance gets lost to pithy headlines and sound bites. At Next City, we publish original, in-depth feature stories on issue critical to our shared urban future. Go deeper than …
Housing - Next City
WEBNext City’s housing coverage focuses on solutions for making housing fairer, more affordable and more sustainable. Recurring subjects under this umbrella include: community land trusts; the future of public housing; eviction prevention; tenants' rights movements and right to counsel; zoning reform (including inclusionary zoning as well as abolishing single-family residential zoning ...
Events on Urban Issues - Building Better Cities Together - Next City
WEB20 hours ago · Upcoming Events. Join the conversation — tune into exciting live events on housing, transportation, arts & culture and other urban issues. In years past, Next City has hosted local, national and international events; beginning in 2019, we added live online events to our mix. Browse upcoming Next City events or watch past events in the library.
Gentrification - Next City
WEBThe history of gentrification in America starts in the 1960s, when the term was coined. Over the next five and a half decades, communities have wielded varying tools and strategies in response to gentrification’s challenges. We think it’s worth a fresh look at the ideas that animate this conversation.
Next City Webinars - Conversations About Critical Urban Issues
WEBJun 11, 2024 · Next City finds compelling projects that might inspire your own work or be worth replicating in your city. We ask practitioners to present the project, including the challenges, roadblocks and lessons learned. Then we moderate a live conversation with the audience. Check out our Events page for a schedule of upcoming webinars.