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The Sepulveda Transit Tunnel: LA's Shot at World-Class Transit, And Why Tracks Alone Won't Be Enough
If you haven’t heard already, Los Angeles is planning another rail line.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
The Ultimate Road Diet (Lane Repurposing) Guide for Safer, More Multimodal Streets
Have you ever driven, walked or biked on a street that was so wide and empty that you thought a jet could land on it?
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
How To Design A Roundabout So Drivers Can Speed as Fast as Possible Through It
If you’re a regular in the Miami neighborhood of Brickell, you know the SW 13th St.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
No More Waiting for Washington: Creative Ways Cities Are Funding Multimodal Projects
A rundown of alternate funding mechanisms for multimodal projects.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
The Street Design Rebellion: Empowering Planners to Challenge "Fast" and "Anti-Urban" Roadways
Great transportation projects are built through broad, inter-disciplinary cooperation.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
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Incremental Zoning Upgrades for Walkable Cities
Most American cities (and many beyond) remain locked in a zoning framework designed for a mid-20th-century world of abundant land, cheap oil, and…
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
The Problem(s) with One-Way Streets
I recently took Brightline to West Palm Beach and spent the afternoon cycling around the city.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
Only 14% of Urban Roads Are State-Controlled, But They Account for Two-Thirds of Crash Deaths. Here's Why We Need to Take Them Back.
I was recently reading a draft of a city’s Vision Zero plan.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
A Roundabout Guide
If you’ve followed my work, you know I’m passionate about multimodal solutions that prioritize people over cars.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
How Miami's Biscayne Boulevard Failed a Young Mother, and How to Fix It
A mother pushing her baby in a stroller was killed by a truck in 2024 at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and 22nd St.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
Why America's 'Forgiving' Roads Kill
I recently read “Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty” by Abhijit V.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
Introducing the Low-Cost Bus Priority Toolkit
Bus priority measures (dedicated lanes, transit signal priority, queue jumps, all-door boarding, and strategic stop optimization) are proven…
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
Lessons from a Complete Streets Pioneer. Why Urban Roads Shouldn't Be Runways
Awhile back I was lucky to see the late John N.
 • Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
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