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Nightly Planning Roundup

Monday, March 6, 2017

3/6/2017

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Rethinking Public Housing in Mexico
"In 2012, the Mexican government introduced a wide range of reforms designed to increase the country’s competitiveness and economic growth potential, including development of a new approach to housing and urban policy."

The Baltigram project is analysing selfies to reveal links between history, identity and built environement
"The SPIN Unit (Spatial Intelligence Unit) is a small but global team of data scientists, artists, urban designers and one philosopher. In the “Baltigram” project, it’s compiled data from Instagram selfies taken in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius – the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania respectively – to deduce whether a shared identity is truly discernible across the three Baltic states."
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Austin Is Starting a Three-Year Plan to Fight Congestion With Bikes
"Central Austin seems to have everything: a massive research university, the world’s biggest annual media festival and one of the country’s strongest local job-creation engines. But when a city sees so much success, it runs short of something else: space. Austin is filling up. Its freeways and arterials are packed with cars."

That Sweet Spot: G-STUP (Gender, Sustainable Transport, Urban Planning)
"How to achieve this year’s theme for International Women’s Day: Be Bold For Change, which demands that urban and transportation planning recognize gender equity as an integral part of sustainable cities."
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planners in the news

Monroe (WA) gets new community development director
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Taylor Wegrzyn, snowboarding village planner
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Nigel Whitehead hired as City of Revelstoke's new head planner

new gigs

Community Planner - Prescott, AZ
Community Development Director - Navasota, TX 
Planner III - Fresno, CA
Planner IV - San Jose, CA 
Senior Transportation Planner - Roseville, MN
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4/20/2021 09:13:48 am

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