Urbanexus Update - Issue #2
Urbanexus Update - Issue #2
Selected articles, documents, images, tweets, and videos about what creates opportunities--and challenges--for equitable and sustainable real estate development within and around metropolitan regions.
Articles
Bike share oversupply in China creates huge piles of abandoned and broken bicycles
Over-optimistic deployment of rental bicycles in China.
About 250 Irvine residents convene to oppose a proposed homeless camp — www.ocregister.com
A paradigm of planned communities reflects concerns about accommodating the unhoused.
Complete streets policy and examples
A revamped Elements of a Complete Streets Policy from @SmartGrowthUSA calls for stronger commitments to equity and implementation.
Urban areas have a bigger carbon impact than originally thought
We need to do a better job of counting the carbon emissions impact of the products imported into urban areas.
The real nightmare scenario for self-driving cars — www.vox.com
The crash problem will be solved, but other problems may be more of a challenge.
Why people are leaving San Francisco — www.businessinsider.com
Truly, the rent (or purchase price) is too damn high. In addition to leaving, some folks are doing some creative, and unusual things to cope with the high cost of housing
Moving Away From The Major Metropolitan Areas — www.newgeography.com
The 2017 US Census Bureau metropolitan area population estimates show a significant increase in domestic migration within the USA away from the largest cities (the major metropolitan areas, with more than 1,000,000 population) toward the metropolitan areas with from 500,000 to 1,000,000 population.
Video
How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home — www.youtube.com
This informative video explains why housing is relatively affordable in Tokyo.
From Twitter
Uber founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick, is buying a new company that rehabs real estate and will run it as CEO. It will be interesting to see how he leads the community engagement aspect of this enterprise.
"My latest piece for @TheStranger: Let's Not Screw Up Northgate Too: The Redevelopment of Seattle's Oldest Mall Is a Chance to Get Things Right
Oh, the difference a year makes. Was: suburban style restaurant w/surface parking. Will be: 17 floor, 205 unit, 120 parking spaces (0.59) & 225,000 sq ft ground floor retail. Madison & Boren, First Hill, Seattle
This same building could be a four or five-plex of family sized/relatively affordable housing. The only thing stopping it is our antiquated zoning laws smaller residences instead of one larger one would have been a much better result all the way around.
@urbanexus California's SB 35 legislation of 2017 could finally bring some "balance" to the Silicon Valley town of Cupertino where the Apple HQ is located
Excellent summary by Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) of why housing production in California needs attention.
Despite proximity to the unhoused of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, Santa Fe Lofts at 121 E. 6th St., sold for $68.5 million--more than $500 thousand per unit.
@JeffSpeckAICP — www.strongtowns.org
Thoughts on how to deal with the possible effects (not all good) of autonomous vehicles.