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.
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.
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.
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.
