Urban Planning

How to get a Starbucks (or a Trader Joe’s) in your Community

Ryan Richter / January 16, 2021

The urban planning questions we should be asking about these businesses. I have been involved in many downtown community plans […]

Ryan Richter / February 27, 2018

After reading and discussing the article, The CTA’s Blue Line has a big problem, I’ve decided I need to weigh

Ryan Richter / October 26, 2015

Complete Streets is a great thing – a real sea change in designing our streets for people rather than cars.

In Chicago, where I live, land use planning is largely the domain of the zoning code. The Alderman has control over

I would like to follow-up on my Planning for People in Jefferson Park post and expand a bit on what

Ryan Richter / February 10, 2015

If you plan cities for cars & traffic you get cars & #traffic. If you plan for people & places…via