City Planning Matters

Alex Hoffman

Planning matters is a podcast examining relevant issues and topics of city planning and why they matter for the cities we love. Each episode, we will explore a particular issue confronting cities that’s relevant to City Planning. Have an idea for a future podcast or question you want to ask? Leave a message by clicking here: https://anchor.fm/planning/message

  1. 07/02/2021

    Why Plans Fail

    Plans can fail for a number of reasons, but in today's episode we highlight the top five causes of planning efforts failing to make it across the finish line.

    30 min

  2. 06/18/2021

    The Economics of Bad Planning

    In this episode, we look at how the dollars and cents of development can sometimes result in bad planning. Plus, we discuss opportunities for the land value tax and how this can result in better outcomes.

    31 min

  3. 06/04/2021

    Your City's Parking Problem

    Most people traditionally think of parking being an issue in their City because they believe there isn't enough. The truth is that your City does have a parking problem; there is too much of it. In this week's episode, we discuss ways to visualize the oversupply of parking in your City and some of the challenges having too much parking creates.

    39 min

  4. 05/21/2021

    Achieving Vision Zero

    In this episode, we discuss Vision Zero and how to implement the program successfully.

    39 min

  5. 05/07/2021

    Who Do You Serve?

    Examining how cities develop service area boundaries and discussion of a new, data-driven approach to doing so. By using this methodology, cities can identify and answer the question of when it comes to city facilities, who do you serve?

    28 min

  6. 04/23/2021

    If You Build It, Will They Come?

    Do walkable places result in people actually walking? Check out the Storymap I created for this episode to see the analysis and resources for what was discussed in today's episode.

    25 min

  7. 04/09/2021

    Transit Supportive Policies

    Many cities struggle to have functional public transit systems. While some blame rests with the agencies on the operations side, many times it’s the lack of transit-supportive policies that doom transit. In this episode, we will look at policies your city can change to help make your transit ridership increase.

    28 min

  8. 03/26/2021

    Missing Middle Housing

    In this week's episode, we discuss missing middle housing (like duplexes, triplexes and quads) and why housing choice is important to your City. While City's like Minneapolis and Berkeley make headlines for their so-called ban on single family housing, we cover intermediate steps you can take in the interim.

    35 min
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Planning matters is a podcast examining relevant issues and topics of city planning and why they matter for the cities we love. Each episode, we will explore a particular issue confronting cities that’s relevant to City Planning. Have an idea for a future podcast or question you want to ask? Leave a message by clicking here: https://anchor.fm/planning/message

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  • Creator
    Alex Hoffman
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 034077