This week’s edition focuses on prominent urbanists and their views:

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  Control the Masses: Andrés Duany is souring on what he sees as excessive, obstructionist community engagement in urban planning. Find out why. (Architect)

• New York’s transportation chief is a latter-day Robin Hood: Janette Sadik-Khan‘s brilliant marketing of sustainable transport (dedicated bike lanes, cycle sharing, even pedestrianising Times Square) has transformed New York. (The Guardian)

• Urban chaos or downtown delight? Alex Bozikovic reviewsMakeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities, by Witold Rybczynski. (The Globe and Mail)

• Do urbanists hate the automobile? Not this one: Steve Berg is an urbanist who doesn’t hate the automobile. He explains here. (MinnPost.com)

• Investing in People and Places: For the United States to stay globally competitive, our economy – especially its workforce – needs to continue to improve, adapt and innovate. (CitiesSpeak)