What Does Gentrification Mean?
All the city news you can use.
Every day at The Overhead Wire we sort through over 1,500 news items about cities and share the best ones with our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. They are national links, sometimes entertaining and sometimes absurd, but hopefully useful.
Unsustainable traffic: New York is facing a transportation crisis. Subways are becoming more unreliable and people are using personal vehicles, including ride hailing, much more. In a new Streetfilm, local leaders discuss traffic and how to address the overarching issues. (Streetfilms)
The Great Freeway Coverup: Officials in Portland, Oregon are proposing a freeway lid for a mile-long stretch through the eastern part of the city. The plan will also allow the widening of the freeway from four to six lanes, leading some observers to question whether covering freeways is just a way to sneak highway expansion into urban spaces. (City Observatory)
What does gentrification mean? In Rust Belt cities, there should be a different discussion happening about gentrification than the one happening in wealthy East Coast areas. The definition gets muddled as those who hope to protect communities against displacement take lessons from more overheated housing markets. Solutions that include cutting off investment might be creating more problems than they solve. (TheStile1972)
Bad traffic equals greater resilience: A new study from Northeastern University shows that cities with bad traffic might actually be more resilient to disruptive events such as natural disasters. On the flip side, cities with little traffic were more greatly affected by such disruptions, due to a lack of “backup” roads. (News at Northeastern)
Recognizing women in architecture: Women have made amazing contributions to architecture’s history, but since that history has been written and told mostly by white men, their accomplishments have often been erased. Now a new foundation will focus on celebrating their achievements. (Fast Company Design)
Quote of the Week
[Transit is] a pain in the ass. That’s why everyone doesn’t like it. And there’s like a bunch of random strangers, one of who might be a serial killer, OK, great. And so that’s why people like individualized transport, that goes where you want, when you want.
–Elon Musk revealing his dislike of transit to the world. (Wired)
Want more links to read? Visit The Overhead Wire and signup. (http://dtrnsfr.us/2iA8Yas)
Transportation
-
MPS Makes the Case for Referendum
Mar 23rd, 2024 by Graham Kilmer -
‘Fix at Six’ Group Wants I-94 Expansion Delayed For Civil Rights Report
Mar 20th, 2024 by Jeramey Jannene -
Wisconsin Has $78 Million Federal Funds For EV Charging Stations
Mar 20th, 2024 by Erik Gunn
Urban Reads
-
Will Climate Change Push People to Northern Cities?
Mar 31st, 2024 by Jeff Wood -
Could Dynamic Pricing be Helpful for Cities?
Mar 17th, 2024 by Jeff Wood -
U.S. Drivers Increasingly Distracted by Phones
Mar 2nd, 2024 by Jeff Wood
” (News at Northwestern)”. No, it’s Northeastern.
@blurondo Thanks fixed.
I really enjoyed the gentrification article (and the other links therein). Very interesting. Thank you.