City Planning Matters

Most people traditionally think of parking being an issue in their City because they believe there isn't enough. The truth is that your City does have a parking problem; there is too much of it. In this week's episode, we discuss ways to visualize the oversupply of parking in your City and some of the challenges having too much parking creates.

Building on the last week's episode, we examine how urban form and zoning join forces to have a powerful shaping effect on cities. The smallest unit of development in cities is the block and its shape, configuration and dimension determine the ability of buildings to change adapt over time. Listed below are the resources referenced in the episode with links to learn more about the topics discussed.

References:

• Image of the City by Kevin Lynch or read the Summary
• The Evolution of Urban Form by Brenda Case Scheer

Traditional measures of equity typically consider only a fraction of person's day, as they rarely examine things other than where people live. In this week's episode, we look at how mobile location data can unlock and reveal larger patterns of equity or inequality by looking at where people shop, work and socialize.

In the episode, we discuss a methodology for how you can examine this same issue for your City. A link to the results of my analysis are below.

The El Paso Equity Atlas is available here: https://arcg.is/11HKjr