Land Lines April 2019

A group of YIMBY advocates pose for a picture with signs supporting California bill SB 827.

Backyard Brouhaha

Could Inclusionary Housing Break the YIMBY Deadlock?

By Anthony Flint, February 26, 2019

The movement known as YIMBY, or Yes in My Back Yard, has long argued that more development will reduce housing prices. Critics argue—with some evidence—that things aren’t that simple, but some communities are moving forward using inclusionary housing.

 

This image shows a street with a blue driverless shuttle in the middle. Blurred trees sit in the background of the image.

Driverless Ed

Urban Planners Shift Gears as Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Streets

By Kathleen McCormick, March 19, 2019

What does the rapid evolution of mobility mean for urban planners and transportation officials? We survey the landscape to find out.

 

A car sits submerged under water as a results of heavy flooding. The car sits under an aging Providence & Worcester Railroad bridge in Worcester.

Great Adaptations

How Two Smaller Legacy Cities Are Adopting Green Infrastructure

By Cyrus Moulton, April 10, 2019

Connected by the Blackstone River and by a history of hard times, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, are demonstrating how green infrastructure can help forge a new urban future in the era of climate change.

 

This issue explores the future of cities, with features on scenario planning, autonomous vehicles, inclusionary housing and the YIMBY movement, and green infrastructure in legacy cities.

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