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Get in Early and Get in Often

October 11, 2020 Restless Urbanist

A successful design requires the collaboration, participation, and consensus of many. In the public sector you have to get in…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Building, Codes, Colleagues, communities, Developers, Government, Planning, Public Policy, Restless, Tools, Urban Design

Urban Renewal Remembrance Day

May 4, 2017 Restless Urbanist

May 4th is the birthday of the urban evangelist Jane Jacobs, it is also the day that Urban Planners pause…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Government, Infrastructure, Planning, Profession, Public Policy Filed under: Highways, Jane Jacobs, Public Policy, Urban Renewal

Shelf Filler

April 17, 2017 Restless Urbanist

How many of us have that proud shelf in your office full of plans and reports? These are the documents…

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Posted in: Design, Planning Filed under: Action, Books, Planning, Reports

Zoning is Tough

April 11, 2017 Restless Urbanist

Zoning by design is complex, and frankly does not achieve anything but a healthy and lucrative litigation practice. The complexity…

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Posted in: Codes, Planning, Profession, Public Policy Filed under: Codes, Form Based Code, Zoning

Bicycle Racks Save Developers Thousands

May 25, 2009 Restless Urbanist

Now that I have your attention, I would like to push the importance of bike racks for new development. It…

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Posted in: Developers, parking, Planning, transit, transportation, walkability Filed under: Bikes, Cost Saving, Funding, Parking, Transportation, Urban Tricks

The City

June 14, 2008 Restless Urbanist

Everyone relies on the city and all of the public services that it contains. If we have concluded rightly, from…

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Posted in: books, CIty, Planning, Restless, Urbanism Filed under: Alberti, Architects, Books

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