Radical Urbanist A weekly list of must-read articles about the big issues facing global cities. Written and curated by @parismarx. 113 subscribers 29 issues Subscribe to my list This thingy has to be empti pwieshh
✊🏙 Uber expands service offerings 📱 Tesla fails to automate production 🚗 Challenges facing Australian cities 🇦🇺 #29 Apr 15, 2018
✊🏙 A plan to revive US public housing 🏠 Melbourne considers superblocks 🚶♀️ Vancouver ridership soars 📈 #28 Apr 8, 2018
✊🏙 Self-driving Tesla kills driver ☠️ Cuomo rejects congestion pricing 👎 Housing crisis hurts mental health 😔 #27 Apr 1, 2018
#26 Mar 25, 2018 ✊🏙 Uber AV kills pedestrian ☠️ Google wants urban data monopoly 👁 Strikes against French rail reform 🇫🇷 – Hey urbanists!It's impossible to put a positive spin on the events of Sunday night when one of Uber's
#25 Mar 18, 2018 ✊🏙 Amazon Go's grocer impact 🛍 Debate on how to address housing crisis 🏚 Canada's big transit plans 🇨🇦 – Hey urbanists!This issue marks six months 🎉 of the Radical Urbanist — I took a week off over the holi
#24 Mar 11, 2018 ✊🏙 Airbnb is pushing up NYC rents 📈 Self-driving truck trials expand 🚚 CAHSR announces higher costs 🚄 – Hey urbanists!Some very interesting articles this week. There's a new report out on the impacts of Ai
#23 Mar 4, 2018 ✊🏙 Uber drivers earn $3.37/hr 🚨 Cities shifting away from cars ⛔️ Rome to ban diesel cars by 2024 🇮🇹 – Hey urbanists!If you've been subscribed to this newsletter for a few issues (or if you follow me Twit
#22 Feb 25, 2018 ✊🏙 Uber facing more competition 🥊 Walkable cities saving lives 🏥 Court challenge for Paris anti-car plans 🇫🇷 – Hey urbanists!This week I decided to take a look at the existing studies that have been done on ride
#21 Feb 18, 2018 ✊🏙 Uber CEO wants Uber buses 🚌 Safety concerns over driverless cars 💀 Seattle transit ridership surge 📈 – Hey urbanists,A bit of a longer issue this week because there were some really interesting articles I
#20 Feb 11, 2018 ✊🏙 Subsidized Uber in Toronto? 🚗 Calls for massive upzoning in CA 🌇 Bringing down MTA transit costs 🚇 – Hey urbanists,Primary a transit issue this week. Toronto is looking to do more to improve its King St
#19 Feb 4, 2018 ✊🏙 Sidewalk Toronto concerns 🧐 Airbnb hurts housing market 🏠 Addressing UK's housing crisis 🇬🇧 – Hey urbanists!Sidewalk Labs' project at Quayside in Toronto is positioned as the future of city-build
#18 Jan 28, 2018 ✊🏙 Amazon Go & retail apocalypse 🛍 CA high-speed rail cost overrun 🚅 Trouble with Sydney's trains 🇦🇺 – Hey urbanists!Amazon Go, the new retail concept where you get to wait in line outside instead of at t
#17 Jan 21, 2018 ✊🏙 NYC congestion pricing detailed 🛣 China's train & metro growth 🇨🇳 Cities moving away from cars 🚇 – Happy Sunday, urbanists!Gov. Cuomo unveiled the proposed congestion charge to be applied in New York
#16 Jan 14, 2018 ✊🏙 Self-driving still years away 🚗 Uber increasing traffic congestion 📈 Google eyes urban data monopoly 📱 – Hey urbanists!If there's a particular theme to this week, it's to take what the major tech companies
#15 Jan 7, 2018 ✊🏙 NYC subway needs to be fixed 🚇 Driverless cars still far off 🚗 Berlin trying to save affordable rents 🇩🇪 – 🎆 Happy New Year, urbanists! I hope you had a great holiday and your 2018 is going well so far.Over t
#14 Dec 24, 2017 ✊🏙 Happy Holidays! 5 urbanist podcasts for the new year 🎄🎆 – Hey urbanists!🎄 Merry Christmas to those celebrating and happy holidays to all!With the news cycle sl
#13 Dec 17, 2017 🏙✊ Shocker: Musk hates transit 😮 48% approve of King Street Pilot 🚊 How Vienna keeps rents affordable 🏠 – Hey urbanists,Following Fast Company's story about the Boring Company's tunnel conveniently running f
#12 Dec 10, 2017 ✊🏙 Is self-driving the new flying car? 🚗 Congestion pricing is coming 🛣 Housing in Vancouver and LA 🏠 – Hey urbanists,More on congestion pricing this week (see last week's issue for more), including a prop
#11 Dec 3, 2017 ✊🏙 Cities need congestion pricing 🛣 Trucks go electric & autonomous 🚛 SE Asia investing in metros 🌏 – Hey urbanists,Transportation is changing, both due to new technologies, traffic congestion, and a gro
#10 Nov 26, 2017 ✊️🏙 Smart city hysteria 📱 Uber makes $1B driverless car order 🚗 Politicians damaging NYC subway 🚇 – Hey urbanists!Did you see the news this week about Bill Gates investing in a smart city project in Ar
#9 Nov 19, 2017 ✊️🏙 UK rules Uber drivers are employees 🚗 Redesigning urban streets 🛣 Reducing inequality with alternative transit 🤝 – Morning, urbanists!The ongoing changes in the nature of urban transportation is one of the topics I f
#8 Nov 12, 2017 ✊️🏙 Urban living costs more 💵 How to make housing more affordable 🏠 Promoting cycling in cities 🚴♀️ – Hello urbanists!As many of you will already know, city living costs more than life in suburban and ru
#7 Nov 5, 2017 ✊️🏙 Uber's push for private transit 🚗 A look at Canadian cities 🇨🇦 Sea level rise putting cities underwater 🌊 – Uber is a polarizing company. Some, typically in the higher income brackets, love it, while many othe
#6 Oct 29, 2017 ✊️🏙 Singapore puts cap on cars 🚗 Land values drive housing crises 🏠 London mayor calls for public housing – There was some really good news this week that 12 major cities have made a new pledge to create zero-
#5 Oct 22, 2017 ✊️🏙 HQ2 bidding is over 💰 Pollution is killing millions of people 🚙 Google extending its monopoly to the city 📱 – The bidding war for Amazon's second headquarters wrapped up this week with a bunch of stunts by mayor
#4 Oct 15, 2017 ✊️🏙 We need to build more public housing 🏠 Uber is taking riders from transit 🚗 LA Metro's new PSAs 💜 – Housing in the world's largest cities is increasingly unaffordable to the people they rely on to prov
#3 Oct 8, 2017 ✊️🏙 Amazon's HQ2 demands incentives 🏢 Tech is bringing back the company town 💵 Cities are leaving rural areas behind 🌆 – There's been a lot of fanfare about Amazon's announcement that it's looking for a city to host its se
#2 Oct 1, 2017 ✊️🏙 China is phasing out gas cars 🚗 Embracing other modes of transit 🚌 A closer look at California 🚄 – Several European countries have already announced an end date for the sale of gas and diesel vehicles
#1 Sep 24, 2017 ✊🏙 Uber loses its London license • High cost of housing for millennials • Cities embracing renewables – Welcome to Radical Urbanist, and thanks for subscribing!This week's issue looks at Transport for Lond
