By Tom Angotti Over the next several days Progressive City will be posting a series of tributes to Peter Marcuse (1928-2022), influential planning scholar, practitioner, and activist. Peter was a long-time Planners Network member and founding editor of Progressive City: Radical Alternatives online magazine and Progressive Planning magazine (our print … [Read more...] about Peter Marcuse, Presente!
Did local officials get the COP26 Climate Memos?
By Dick Platkin If you can pull yourself away from the daily concerns of many city dwellers, such as traffic jams and Amazon package thieves, you might have heard that life as we know it is at the brink because of a rapidly changing climate. Greenhouse Gases (GHG) levels have breached another record, 413.4 Parts Per Million (PPM), which explains why the climate crisis … [Read more...] about Did local officials get the COP26 Climate Memos?
Call for Submissions from Progressive City: Planning for Community Economic Development
The COVID pandemic has highlighted and aggravated the precarious nature of work and the social-spatial inequities of service and public goods provision, with marginalized populations bearing the brunt of the crisis. At the same time, it has prompted greater interest in the solidarity economy and mutual aid responses, and it has prompted new calls to expand the role of … [Read more...] about Call for Submissions from Progressive City: Planning for Community Economic Development
Advocating for Equitable Street Vending Policies
By Lacey Sigmon Street vending is an essential type of street commerce which can be informal or permanent, but typically takes place on streets, sidewalks or adjacent to bodies of water in impermanent structures such as trucks, carts, boats, or on tables. The barriers to becoming a “legal” vendor can be high, especially in the United States, but there are examples in other … [Read more...] about Advocating for Equitable Street Vending Policies
Review: Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks
By Lacey Sigmon Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks Andres Sevtsuk University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020296 pages | 7 x 10 | 83 illus. Andres Sevtsuk’s book, “Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks” uses anecdotal exposition and quantitative research to help readers better understand urban street commerce through the lens of technocrats. … [Read more...] about Review: Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks