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News about Della Acosta, AICP; Marielle (Mari) Hsu; and Kate Sargent — assembled by associate editor Haeseo (Hazel) Choi.
BOOK REVIEW: “Brave New Home – Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing,” by Diana Lind
Reviewed by Krystle Heaney, AICP. How did the American Dream — a single-family home on a privately owned lot — become an overpriced nightmare? Which new trends in housing are promising?
Milpitas Metro Plan takes full advantage of transit
By Ned Thomas, AICP, and Kevin Riley, AICP, April 13, 2021. (Image: Draft Metro Plan Land Use Diagram, courtesy City of Milpitas.) Over the past decade, Milpitas converted 375 acres of older industrial and office uses around its new transit center to affordable housing and jobs.
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Post-pandemic planning, Part 2: Insights from market research
By Alan Hoffman, April 15, 2021. Transit is one of the few public services that actually competes for business. People who can choose won’t ride transit if it takes longer than driving, if stations/stops are inconveniently located, or if the experience is stressful.
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American cities should be more colorful
By Rachael Smith, AICP, via Next City, March 26. Swiss painter Johannes Itten (1888-1967) said, “Color is life; for a world without colors appears to us as dead.” Many structures in our gray cities would look far nicer with a touch of color. Think about what you can do to liven up your community.
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Northern News May 2021
(Above: The Ferry Point tunnel connects Point Richmond’s ‘Bayside’ with its ‘refinery side.’ Photo: George Osner, AICP) • IN THE MAY ISSUE: Updating plans for Milpitas’ already successful TOD • Market research for post-pandemic planning • Northern Section’s 2021 award winners • A book review • ‘Where in the world’ photos • ‘Who’s where’ • ‘Planning news roundup,’ and much more.
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Northern Section 2021 Awards announced
By Brynn McKiernan, AICP, April 16, 2021. Our jurors were Ozzy Arce, City of Walnut Creek; Florentina Craciun, City and County of San Francisco; Amalia Cunningham, AICP, Contra Costa County; Eri Suzuki, SiteLab; and Aaron Welch, Aaron Welch Planning. Click to see the winners.
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Transit agencies praise Covid-19 relief bill
By Sandy Smith, March 10, 2021. Because of Covid-induced funding shortfalls, many public transit agencies have been facing doomsday scenarios: fare hikes, massive service cuts, and delayed projects.
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Meet a Local Planner: Miroo Desai, AICP
Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. Desai is Vice President for Diversity and Equity for APA California and serves on the Chapter’s Executive Board.
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The spatial heterogeneity of gentrification
Takeaways from a Feb. 12 webinar by Hyojung Lee and Kristin L. Perkins, HUD USER, March 9, 2021. Gentrification affects neighborhoods in many American cities, but the particular pattern of resident outmigration is strongly influenced by the broader metropolitan context in which it occurs.
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