YIMBY News for 7/28

[Eric Budd]

Meet the 2026 Chicago Class of Next City Vanguards

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 51.75. affordable, affordable housing, density, development, growth, house, housing, mobility, preservation, project, public space, real estate, rent, renter, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk

(Photo by Johannes Krupinski) Next City today announces the class of 41 Vanguards who will convene in Chicago from September 22 through 25. This is Next City’s 18th Vanguard conference, an annual experiential gathering of rising urban leaders who work to improve cities across sectors. The 2026 Vanguard fellows work in sectors including community organizing, urban planning, policy, economic development, and the arts. They hold positions at influential organizations, including the New York City Department of Transportation, Stanford University, and National Community Investment Fund. Vanguards f

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The Final Battle of Hopkins Bike Lanes

Darrell Owens Substack

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KEYWORD SCORE: 50.94. apartment, bike lane, growth, homeowner, house, housing, income, mobility, parking, parking lot, project, rent, segregate, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

“*The Urbanist Case Against Flock Cameras*” is now live. ------------------------------ In 2008, city of Berkeley voters approved the city’s climate action plan to reduce dependency on cars—our city’s largest source of carbon emissions—through expanding public transit and bicycle infrastructure. In 2018, the city of Berkeley began working on a concrete-protected bike lane for Hopkins Street, a northern corridor connecting two business districts, an elementary, middle and high school and a library, that had seen numerous collisions caused by motorists upon pedestrians and school children. Pro-c

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Can Pittsburgh Pull Off Another Renaissance?

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.63. construction, development, downtown, gentrification, growth, income, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

The city of Pittsburgh always seems to be in the middle of an urban revival campaign — or else brooding about the shortcomings of the last one and betting on something new. In the early 1950s, under the autocratically powerful Mayor David Lawrence, the city government declared war on the smoke and soot that made the steelmaking city’s downtown unlivable for many residents and businesses. It also spent millions to make the central area, known as “the Golden Triangle,” a green oasis. That was called “the Pittsburgh Miracle.” But it wasn’t a panacea. Industry continued to leave and population dec

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