Telling the Story of Cities
Finally completed my last piece of work for the Wagner Planner Podcast (a bit after actual graduation). I spoke with Robin Nagle, Professor of Liberal Studies at NYU, and Anthropologist in Residence with the New York City department of Sanitation. I really enjoyed this one. It was great speaking with someone with the unique knowledge… Read more The Wagner Planner Podcast – Robin Nagle
Amid staffing challenges, Detroit is reimagining its beleaguered bus system while its suburbs risk allowing transit to languish The city of Detroit and its surrounding suburbs are headed in opposite directions on bus transit. At the root of the issue: labor and leadership. Despite persistent staffing challenges, leaders in Detroit are showing increased willingness to… Read more Labor Issues are Holding Up Transit Improvements in Metro Detroit
Five articles curated by the Wagner Planner staff: Here’s what the Wagner Planner staff is reading. This week: implications of the budget deal, a three-part investigation of ‘ghost tags’, and a Rent Guidelines Board debate. M.T.A. Averts Fiscal Crisis as New York Strikes Budget Deal (The New York Times) – “Janno Lieber, the authority’s chairman,… Read more What We’re Reading – May 2
Here’s what the Wagner Planner staff is reading. This week: a rising tenant movement, technology could effectively deter dangerous drivers, a new approach to renovating public housing, and meager impacts of up zonings on housing affordability. The Revolution Against Shady Landlords Has Begun (The Nation) – “Anh-Thu Nguyen, a labor organizer in Brooklyn, told me,… Read more What We’re Reading – April 18
The fight over housing affordability and density in Cupertino captures the struggle for the soul of suburban America. Cupertino, California is in some sense, not special at all. It’s a classic postwar suburb with leafy subdivisions of single-family homes connected by arterial roads and freeways and a population of 60,000 people. An hour south of… Read more Suburban Skylines: One tech suburb’s struggle to grow and keep its character