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News Articles: urban planning

Traffic flows on Interstate 5 past shipping containers near downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

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  • National

A man chopped down Los Angeles trees. The crime cut deep in the struggling neighborhood

For days, police say, Samuel Patrick Groft cruised through the streets of Los Angeles on his bicycle, single-handedly chopping down about a dozen city trees with an electric chainsaw in three different neighborhoods.

April 30, 2025
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  • Vanessa Romo
A storm drain mural at Hull Park in Savannah was painted as part of a public art program funded by the city in 2022.

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  • Art & Design

'Each community has a story': Savannah seeks input on inaugural master plan for public art

The final proposal will be submitted to City Council in September.

February 12, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
A new study finds that front yards with friendly features, such as pink flamingos or porch furniture, are correlated with happier, more connected neighbors and a greater "sense of place."

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  • Health

Garden gnomes and porch swings: Lively front yards linked to more connected residents

A new study finds a neighborhood's front yards may be the window to its soul: Welcoming or whimsical features such as benches and flamingos are linked to happier, more connected neighbors.

April 20, 2024
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By:
  • Conrad Kickert and
  • Kelly Gregg
San Francisco is one of many U.S. cities that has thrown out its parking minimums in recent years.

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  • National

From Austin to Anchorage, U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums

Around the country, cities are throwing out their own parking requirements, hoping to end up with less parking – and more affordable housing, better transit, and walkable neighborhoods.

January 02, 2024
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  • Laurel Wamsley
India is number 1 in global population. This clock board outside the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai keeps track of the numbers. The photo is from June 2, 2023.

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  • Global Health

India's population passes 1.4 billion — and that's not a bad thing

Population growth has long been a source of worry in India, which now has more people than China: 1.46 billion residents. But some experts are optimistic about the impact of this population boom.

June 09, 2023
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Los Angeles city workers working to remove the unauthorized crosswalks painted at the intersection of Romaine Street and N. Serrano Avenue.

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  • National

LA removes crosswalks allegedly painted by a secretive group

A series of DIY crosswalks are being replaced in Los Angeles. City officials say they're clearing the way for a better and safer intersection.

May 20, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows 128 pedestrians were killed in the City of Los Angeles in 2021, an increase of 6% over 2020.

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  • National

A secretive LA group has a new mission: paint untouched crosswalks

"We've been met with delays, excuses, and inaction from our city government," says the Crosswalk Collective LA. Now, the group has taken matters into its own hands and hopes to spread a DIY message.

March 31, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
A 3D model of downtown Atlanta, before the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the demolition of the Georgia Dome

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  • News

Georgia Tech's Urban Analytics Degree Seeks To Train Cities' Future Problem Solvers

“Urban analytics is essentially a discipline that uses data and data science tools to solve urban problems,” said Subhrajit Guhathakurta, professor at Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning.

September 08, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles in September.

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  • Race

Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows

A new study finds that for more than 70% of all U.S. counties, urban temperatures are higher in neighborhoods that have low-income people and communities of color.

July 14, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Liz Fabian  Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commissioners met Monday at Terminal Station.

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  • Economy

Closed Kroger In Macon Could Become Food Oasis

The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for the old Pio Nono Avenue Kroger but rejected proposals for a new Sonny’s BBQ and new site for Agape Nursery.

July 28, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian
The 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building will continue to sit empty at 400 Pio Nono Ave. after the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a 569-unit self-storage facility for the property.

Shuttered Macon Kroger Will Not Be Converted To Storage Units

More than a dozen people signed up Monday to speak against a proposed self-storage facility at the old Kroger location at 400 Pio Nono Ave. Their...

January 27, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian
Downtown Macon, Georgia

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  • Economy

Atlanta, Macon And Most US Cities Aren't 'Full' – So Why Does President Trump Say They Are?

Following a recent visit to the border with Mexico, President Donald Trump said the United States is " full ." " Can't take you anymore ," Trump said. ...

April 30, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Atlanta and Duluth are featured in National Geographic's special April 2019 edition on cities.

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  • Economy

National Geographic Sees The Future Of Cities In Atlanta, Duluth

By 2050, the world's population is expected to reach 9.8 billion people. According to a report by the United Nations , nearly 70% of them are projected...

April 04, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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