Voice: Diana Lind
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 LindNew 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 LindThe 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 LindNew 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 LindNew Urban Order: The Best Housing Bill on the East Coast?
Is Massachusetts’ new housing package an idea Pennsylvania should steal?
By Diana LindNew Urban Order: It’s Time For a Shademaking Movement
It’s getting hotter. We need to start planning for it.
By Diana LindNew 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 LindNew Urban Order: Why Cities Should Invest in “Second Places”
Forget "third places," we need better places for people to work
By Diana LindNew 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 LindThe 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