#urban-policy

#urban-policy

On the southern edge of Vienna, a cluster of monumental terraces rises above the cityscape, their stepped balconies cascading with greenery and their rooftops crowned with swimming pools. This is the Wohnpark Alterlaa, one of the most ambitious social housing projects in postwar Europe. Designed by Austrian architect Harry Glück and built between 1973 and 1985, the complex was founded on a provocative principle: municipal housing should not only provide affordable shelter but also offer the pleasures and amenities usually reserved for the wealthy.

You can fight harder, win more, and build a broader coalition when you approach politics as a team sport. When I joined the City Council, we teamed up with the Working Families Party and other allies to create the Progressive Caucus-to bring in the workers, tenants, and community leaders that did not previously have a home in the Council to partner in campaigns for dignity for all New Yorkers. And we did well. We banned stop-and-frisk and strengthened protections for tenants against eviction.

Palo Alto's recent Code:ART, a free, biennial interactive media art festival, reminds us of the breadth, depth and impact of public art in cities across our county. Code:ART transformed downtown Palo Alto into a vibrant playground of light, sound and imagination, reimagining the city's downtown streets, plazas and alleyways into a luminous landscape.

In most of America's largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But the fear of crime is increasing. Donald Trump has made a career out of ignoring the reality of crime rates and of stoking that fear. Well before he entered politics and throughout his political career, he has talked about city life as life in a proverbial jungle.

Council Member Carlina Rivera of Manhattan will resign to take over the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, a non-profit, after being term-limited.

The Central Park Conservancy opposes horse-drawn carriages due to safety concerns, road damage, and incompatibility with the park's increasing visitors. They support a City Council bill to ban the industry.

Hoover emphasized that while deploying the National Guard to D.C. is legally permissible, it's a terrible idea that normalizes military intervention for crime issues.

"I think every time a customer has to ask the CVS clerk to unlock the shampoo, Democrats get less popular," he wrote.

Dublin Bus has criticized Fine Gael's claims that 'buses can endanger pedestrians' as "misleading and unhelpful," reflecting concerns over public safety discourse.

"Safer streets and better public transit continue to be winning issues for politicians," said Eric McClure, executive director of StreetsPAC, who openly taunted former Gov. Andrew Cuomo hours after his defeat by transit champion Zohran Mamdani.

Wednesday saw a series of pivotal events: Brad Lander's arrest by ICE, a court ruling on Bedford Avenue's safety, and a judge dismissing suburban congestion pricing disputes.

"What I would do is sit down with my electeds that are here...determining what's the best way to continue the success that we have been doing in the city."

Illich's aphorism: "Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink." This insight challenges the illusion of efficiency provided by high-speed travel.

Advocates are appalled that Mayor Adams, who always calls himself a cyclist, would lean so heavily into the bikelash.