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 . (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)