Resources & Articles

If you are new to planning issues:

A city built around people

A city built around cars

If you havent been exposed to modern issues in city planning, prepare yourself - once you see the issues being discussed here, you will never look at your own city the same way again.

There is a great and very compelling body of work created by an organization called Strong towns, who have produced books and videos on the right and wrong ways to plan our cities.

It is the kind of thing that once you see it, you cant un-see the mistakes we have made in urban planning, not just in Davis but across North America.

We highly recommend this series of videos as an introduction to the Strong Towns concepts and urban planning issues in general. We hope you will watch this playlist and then start looking for the other great invormation on city planning that is out there. You will never look at our city the same way again

Our Must-Watch Playlist

These are easy to consume primers on modern issues of transit, urban design, and economics.

“Nobody should have to own a car just to participate in society, and designing a city that way on purpose is criminal”
-Not Just Bikes

Davis-Specific Articles

A neighborhood built around the automobile

A neighborhood built for people