Planning February 2020

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Planning February 2020

Planned mostly by and for men, transit in the U.S. has long failed its most loyal customers: women. Planning's February cover story examines the gender gap within public transit and dives into the increasing efforts to remedy those failures. Planning doesn't stop when the sun goes down — a thriving nighttime economy is critical for fostering a vibrant city. Whether you're designing an application form, creating a departmental web page, or implementing a digital solution, it should all start with the user.

Featured Articles

Mind the Gender Gap

Public transit has long failed women, reports Meghna Khanna. But groundbreaking research and planning efforts aim to turn that around. PLUS: Three lessons from Vienna, the leader in gender mainstreaming.

User-Centered Planning

All planning should start in the same place: with the end user. Story by Tim Schwecke.

Cities That Love the Nightlife

Life doesn't stop when the sun goes down. From new codes to "night mayors," cities are thinking outside the box to foster a vibrant nighttime culture. Story by Jeff Spivak.

Intersections

Putting Freedom Colonies on the Map

One planning professor's mission to document and preserve every Black settlement in Texas.

Global Problems, Local Solutions

An international coalition has set some radical climate goals. Here's how three U.S. cities are working to meet them.

Rewriting the Urban Planning Canon

Daphne Lundi: "A planning education that focuses solely on a few predominantly white heroic figures is incomplete and unethical. It doesn't tell the whole story; it prevents us from sharing fuller and richer stories."