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How a preservation-based approach to redevelopment and urban design can prevent displacement and honor legacy communities. https://lnkd.in/g4SzN5yp

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Americans are moving a lot less than they once did, and that is a problem. While Yoni Applebaum, in his highly-publicized article Stuck, gets the reasons badly wrong, it's still important to ask: why are we moving so much less than before? https://lnkd.in/gawrvCye

Walkability has many well-known benefits, leading to an increase in the value of housing. For low-income renters, this can mean displacement. In this course, David Dixon explains the main challenges to building equitable walkability and how planners can act to allow everyone to enjoy increased walkability in existing urban neighborhoods. https://lnkd.in/ghHeHatz

Hundreds of restaurants will be unable to serve alcohol in their outdoor dining areas this summer due to a delay in permitting. https://lnkd.in/gny8uZnd

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Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here? https://lnkd.in/gk7Ws79R

An overview of how the Netherlands became the safest country in the world for cycling, and how other countries can replicate their success by thinking about cycling infrastructure on a network level. https://lnkd.in/e-AyUGh4

World-renowned transit planner Jarrett Walker provides an overview of how land use and transportation planners can make their communities better for public transit and the people who ride it. https://lnkd.in/gYJCjcyY