by Anika Goss | Apr 30, 2019 | Economy, Society
Detroit was built on the promise of a middle-class income and lifestyle, from the years of Henry Ford’s five dollar workday at his Model T plant, up until the late 20th Century. By the beginning of the 21st Century, however, white middle-class households had fled to...
by Jeff Raker | Apr 29, 2019 | Governance, Infrastructure
Charting a New Pathway Planners in the greater Portland region have become adept at aligning transportation investment and land use policies to support attractive and vibrant communities. However, few of us understand how these investments impact our ability to grow...
by Kevin Mills | Apr 25, 2019 | Infrastructure, Society
Most people agree that good schools are critical to high quality cities, and many recognize other community assets as essential, such as libraries and stadiums. Multi-use trails are less often seen as essential infrastructure to cities aspiring to attract people and...
by Ricardo Martello | Apr 24, 2019 | Governance, Society
In Australia, urban local governments are striving to earn their stripes as ‘smart cities,’ however, innovative practices don’t emerge simply because a council sets a vision and a series of ambitious and well-intentioned goals. For many councils, the...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Apr 23, 2019 | Behavior Change Blog Series
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is a nonprofit intermediary leading the revitalization of neighborhoods across Cleveland, Ohio. It impacts the community by providing financial support, training, and capacity building efforts to community development corporations...
by Katharine Czarnecki | Apr 22, 2019 | Society
What makes a place great? This is the age-old question for community development. At first glance, it seems nearly impossible to pin down a single answer. But consider some of your favorite places; what about them makes you want to go back? Is it the connectivity of...
by Kelly Hostetler | Apr 18, 2019 | Mobility, Society
Kelly Hostetler is Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing at Luum, which develops commute management software products for large organizations who want to offer innovative commute benefits, manage end to end parking, and offer wide-ranging mobility options––all under...
by Joel Espino | Apr 17, 2019 | Economy, Mobility, Smart Cities
When most people think of electric vehicles, we think of cars, like Teslas, Chevy Bolts and Nissan Leafs. But trucks and buses are going electric, too, and the impact on both our air and our economy could be huge. In 2016, we at The Greenlining Institute joined forces...
by Matt Schultz | Apr 16, 2019 | Governance
The development of Smart City strategies and initiatives is in full swing in Australia. Early on, the focus for cities was on next generation broadband rollouts, largely centred on the Australian National Broadband Network and 4G LTE, and digital economic strategies....
by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui | Apr 15, 2019 | Economy, Society
While cities worldwide are engines of growth and prosperity, this growth is unevenly shared across social groups and often fails to trickle down to certain categories of the population. Although inequalities have fallen globally over the past three decades thanks to...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Apr 10, 2019 | Behavior Change Blog Series
The National Street Service (NSS) is a project designed to find ways to get more people engaged in the movement to shift American street design from auto-centered to human-centered. NSS was born from a collaboration between Gehl, an urban design consultancy, and Ford...
by Gary Bolles | Apr 9, 2019 | Governance, Society
The future of work remains in the zeitgeist for a simple reason. We may be less certain about our work-related future than at any time since the middle of the last century, when the U.S. essentially built a consumer economy from scratch. Today, fueled by the twin...
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