by Mark Douglas Wessel | Jul 6, 2023 | Stories
Original source: This article is an except from the just launched book The Place Economy Volume 3. To learn more about the book, go to hoyne.com.au. Using cable cars and escalators for commuter transport has transformed a once blighted mountain city in Colombia. When...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Cities Today Jennifer Keesmaat is well aware of the multi-generational mindset that’s required in order to bring about positive, lasting change to a major metropolis. As Toronto’s outgoing chief city planner, she’s the first to admit that her greatest...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Next City Here’s how the Windy City is aiming for equity as it pursues resiliency. Details of the Resilient Chicago strategy — the result of Chicago’s inclusion in the now-shuttered 100 Resilient Cities initiative— were formally announced in...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 6, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun Medellin’s Transit-Oriented Transformation. And that encapsulated the theme of the recent article I wrote about this Colombian city for a book called The Place Economy that’s published by Hoyne. Just as Bogotá is a world leader when it...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Apr 17, 2018 | Stories
Original source: Next City. Emboldened by slogans such as King of Congestion No More, Toronto’s King Street Transit Pilot project has was launched last November as a way to transform the street car line along one of the city’s busiest corridors into a smoother, more...
