National Links: Parking Minimums Removed in Austin
This week: Wawa gets worse, the pros and cons of seawalls, and efforts to reimagine Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee.
Author: Jeff Wood
National Links: Norwegian EV Regrets
Catch up on the latest land use, climate and transportation news from Canada to Colorado to Norway and back again.
National Links: Pandemic-Induced Car Commuting
Stanford finds a relative increase in solo car commuting post-pandemic, cities try to foster productive social encounters and the importance of neighborhood social ties.
National Links: Lessons from the Pandemic
In this week’s National Links: pandemic-era changes to work and commutes, designing with autism in mind and the gradual death of the “starter car.”
National Links: Of Wealth and Traffic Speeds
Housing lessons from Tokyo, Houston’s model for increasing density and livability, and why traffic moves faster in wealthy countries.
National Links: The World’s Smallest Skyscraper
More pro-housing laws come into effect in California, Norway completes a giant bike tunnel and Colorado debates a new rail line.
National Links: Generative AI and Cities
This week in National Links: the corporatization of AirBnB, Copenhagen’s anti-flood strategies and AI urban planning.
National Links: Animals Die on Roads, Too
National Links asks some tough questions this week, including: Can company loans solve the housing crisis? And what is “placemaking,” anyway?
National Links: Empty Storefronts and New Delivery Vans
Giving asphalt surfaces the boot, less driving and more bicycling in Brussels, the challenge of vacant storefronts and more in this week’s National Links.
National Links: Cameras Curb Speeding
Eco-villages promote sustainable living, going underground Down Under to escape the heat and more national and international news.