NSW Rail Corridor Rules Block $20M Woolooware Development, June 21 | Meyka

NSW rail corridor protection zone blocks $20M Woolooware development. Height and density restrictions force developers to withdraw from project.

The editors of Works in Progress analyze how 19th-century cities leveraged a unique combination of laissez-faire building rights and proactive municipal infrastructure planning to drive rapid, successful urban development in a 1.5 hour video. (Thanks Pearl!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINr7uJDjOg

#urbanism #urbanplanning #UrbanDevelopment #Infrastructure #CityPlanning

The lost art of building cities

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The Uniform Sky

The Uniform Sky

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Africa: South Africa Is Short of 2.6 Million Homes - Vienna's Approach to Social Housing Offers Useful Lessons: [The Conversation Africa] South Africa faces a housing backlog of at least 2.6 million units, for more than 12 million people. The state supply of new, subsidised housing has declined over the past decade and the government's housing policy is shifting. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT4fqK #SouthAfrica #SocialHousing #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #UrbanDevelopment

James Lima Planning + Development is hiring an analyst, urban strategy to perform quantitative and qualitative research, including market analysis and financial modeling. $75k - $85k salary.

https://jlpd.com/media/pages/about/d1144a29de-1779911792/jlp-d-analyst-job-description-2026.pdf

#urbanism #urbanplanning #UrbanStrategy #FinancialModeling #UrbanDevelopment

Calgary’s mayor floats temporary pause on downtown Green Line to extend further south
Calgary mayor Jeromy Farkas suggested the city partner with the federal government on a downtown tunnel while extending the Green Line further south.
#Canada #CalgaryCityCouncil #CalgaryCityHall #cityofcalgary
https://globalnews.ca/news/11899201/calgary-mayor-temporary-pause-downtown-green-line/
Prince George Central Street development moving forward despite traffic concerns
Prince George city council passed the first three readings of a zoning bylaw amendment that would allow for the development of the Village on Central by Hyland Properties despite concerns from residents about how the development will impact traffic in the surrounding neighbourhood
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-george-central-street-development-9.7230903?cmp=rss

Dubai is not waiting for 2040.

It is already building the future now.

Air taxis, mega airports, smart mobility, metro expansion, underground transport ideas, waterfront cities, and climate-aware planning.

But the real question is:

Can a city grow this fast and still remain livable?

Full article:
https://validatefacts.com/articles/dubais-future-is-already-under-construction

#Dubai #FutureCities #UAE #SmartCities #Dubai2040 #UrbanDevelopment

Inside the Subway Expansion a Century in the Making

The next phase of the Second Avenue subway, first proposed in the 1920s, could finally be completed by 2032, creating a new transit hub in Harlem.

The New York Times