New Urban Order: Expand — Yes, Expand — Public Transit

New York City, Seattle and Sydney are doubling down on public transportation amid the ongoing work-from-home trend. Why this counterintuitive move is an idea Philly should steal

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Reclaiming Our Time

Why Philly should adopt other cities’ policies to help with our harried schedules — some very good time management ideas we should steal

By Diana Lind

The New Urban Order: The Hottest New Real Estate?

Governments have started using the property they own to increase affordable housing. Canada is doing it nationally. Philly’s doing it … at 13th and Bainbridge

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Should Philly Be More Like … Detroit?

The midwestern city has gone from bankrupt to transformational growth by embracing innovation and bling. Here, some ideas Philly might steal from Motor City

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: The Best Housing Bill on the East Coast?

Is Massachusetts’ new housing package an idea Pennsylvania should steal?

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: It’s Time For a Shademaking Movement

It’s getting hotter. We need to start planning for it.

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Should We Envy Paris’s Swimmable River?

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo got a lot of attention for cleaning the Seine in preparation for the Olympics. But that may not be best goal for Philly’s local waterways

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Why Cities Should Invest in “Second Places”

Forget "third places," we need better places for people to work

By Diana Lind

New Urban Order: Why We Need a National Urbanist Party

There is no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the trash piling up in cities — but maybe there should be.

By Diana Lind

The New Urban Order: Big Events Like the Olympics Matter — Just Not the Way You Think

How cities prep for major happenings — like the country’s 250th anniversary, here in Philly in 2026 — matters just as much (if not more) than how the events themselves go

By Diana Lind