In their Fourth Regional Plan, the Regional Plan Association outlines steps local governments can take to engage with the public in a more inclusive way.
Miami’s Coral Gables City Commission voted to direct $15 million from new development impact fees towards construction of the linear park.
Pittsburgh’s $26.4 million park would restore the connection between the Hill and Downtown, areas that were divided by the construction of the interstate.
Los Angeles, city of freeways, is on the verge of a new mass-transit future.
Haven’t visited The 606 yet? Take a virtual tour of Chicago’s first elevated park.
Bayou Greenways 2020—led by Houston Parks Board President Beth White—aims to transform the city’s fragmented landscape into a 150-mile network of parks and trails.
Atlanta City Council unanimously approved legislation to require affordable housing for new residential units near the BeltLine and the Westside District.
New guidelines, released by the New York City Parks Department, codify best practices for designing landscapes to handle future natural disasters.
Through an after school program, high school students are studying the trees and wildlife on the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line. Their findings may help inform the landscape design for the proposed park.
The proposal would allow developers adjacent to The Underline to make contributions to the public benefits trust in exchange for bonus building capacity. The funds would be used for construction and maintenance of the 10-mile linear park.
