What city/country do you know of with an interesting or unusual zoning/development approval policy? Or most interesting proposed policy? (residents can vote for increased density on their street, non-profit or affordable housing as of right, developers pay more for faster approval process, ect.)

Or what would think would make for an interesting or unusual policy?

I'm doing some research so any ideas help.

Hi guys. I am a geography student and I would like to hear from professionals like you what you do as a work. 1 what is urbanism 2 the skills you need to have ? 3 how do you work ? Do you make surveys, go on the field or stay in an office. 4 Which type of personality you need to make it work ? 5 what are the difficulty of such a job nowadays?

https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-earth-is-better-with-more-people

A world with 2 billion people would be decaying, poor, brutal, violent, hopeless.
A world with 100 billion people would be dynamic, rich, innovative, peaceful, hopeful.

It's quite provocative. I feel like Westerners prefer smaller populations and

most South Koreans, with seem to have similar ideologies to him. (i live in south korea)

Hi, r/urbanism

I’ve become really frustrated with how bad the design of U.S. cities is over the last few years. I work in real estate development so I want to be a small part of doing better by building more car-optional or totally car-free places.

I’ve created a brief survey to learn more about what issues and frustrations people face in American cities on a daily basis. If you’ve got a few minutes, your input would really help me out! Here's the survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eEKuUGz_1WwIZxdxxQvI087gqFbarrNC00Ya2FVsRCY/edit

Further, if anyone is up to have a one-on-one conversation, I would love to get your detailed perspective! Just DM me and we’ll set up a time 😊

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Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)

This bill, if passed (which is looking very likely), will amend the Highway Traffic Act so that:

• The construction of any cycling infrastructure that requires the removal or conversation of a road lane will require provincial approval. So basically if a protected bike lane slows down car traffic by a paltry 30 seconds, the province can step in and block construction. In practice, they probably won't even take city data into consideration before issuing their verdict.
• The recently-installed separated and protected cycling paths on Yonge Street, Bloor Street (photographs here - they are beautiful), and University Avenue will be ripped up and converted back into car lanes.

Ontario, Canada residents - submit your comment to the provincial government at this website. Today is the LAST DAY to do so.

• Creating an account just requires an email address.
• When submitting your comment, be sure to add this letter from the Ontario Traffic Council and this statement from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, both of whom oppose this legislation.
• Add any other documentation, papers, or traffic studies you see fit.

In addition, this bill also hides some pretty nefarious stuff:

• Limits landowners' ability to challenge the possession dates in expropriation cases. Basically, the province c could say you've gotta move out of your house next week to make room for a highway, and you have no ability to request a delay.
• If a provincial inspector damages property owned by a municipality, this bill essentially says tough luck, the city isn't entitled to compensation.
• Exempts Highway 413 from Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act and certain provisions of the Planning Act.

I’m curious about flashing pedestrian crossing signs and HAWK beacons.

In my experience, drivers tend to ignore these signs. As angry as I am at the drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians, I think that the blame lies more with the infrastructure than the individual drivers. If one driver fails to yield, that driver is the problem. If every driver fails to yield, then there is a systemic problem.

Everybody knows what a normal Red/Yellow/Green traffic light means. Even beyond the standard usage, the light can be set to flash yellow to be treated as a yield sign, or flash red to be treated as a stop sign.

Why don’t we replace all the flashing crosswalk signs and HAWK beacons with traffic lights?

If California wanted to focus on one city as a test-bed for ideas around urbanism, so they could perfect these before rolling out to the wider stare, which city is best suited for this today?

Is it Berkeley, Pasadena, etc.? I would vote Martinez, given it's flat (better biking) and has access to water, roads, and an Amtrak line.