After two months of writing my heart out, I decided to see what else was out there. Answer: a lot. A few hours of blogroll hopping found me these, which I'm sure are only the tip of the iceberg.
Established Sites
The blog most often referred to in my transportation class.
http://streetsblog.net/
StreetsBlog's sister site where you can watch a "Mode Montage" and oggle over bike paths that are actually used.
http://www.streetfilms.org/
Tactical Urbanism Salons travel from city to city.
http://tacticalurbanismsalon.com/
Participate in the online book club. Read Death and Life of Great American Cities next.
http://citybuilderbookclub.org/
Co-Founded by Richard Florida
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/
Either based out of Portland or obsessed with Portland, an urbanism blog clearinghouse.
http://www.theurbanvision.com/blogs/
Everyone seems to love Planetizen, I should read it and find out why.
http://www.planetizen.com/
"The official on-line innovations library of SMART (Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transformation) at the University of Michigan (http://um-SMART.org)" that's a good idea!
http://inspiremobility.blogspot.com/
A bit dry but authoritative.
http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/
Transportation blog centered around gondolas with a playful attitude that I appreciate.
http://gondolaproject.com/
Why Transportation Planning has a bad rap, so much information it's dull.
http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/
Somebody's Blog
By a Public Transit Planning Consultant from Portland, widely "blogrolled".
http://www.humantransit.org/
This blog calls cities "metros"; quite anonymous.
http://www.urbanophile.com/
"The Bellows: Approaching the City" Artsy and Smart (just like me!).
http://www.ryanavent.com/blog/
A professional architect/urban designer from North Carolina whose website is ironically at a different scale than all others, clearly an innovator.
http://properscale.blogspot.com/
Both timely and timeless, this one also gets the Artsy and Smart stamp of approval.
http://www.thepolisblog.org/
A collaborative blog about Planning specifically and Urban Issues generally.
http://planningpool.com/
A collaborative blog about "how urban design affects people," sounds good to me!
It's hard to tell, but this is a firm trying to look like a group of friends.
http://www.placemakers.com/placeshakers/
This might discredit me as a blogger if it's not, but I think this is a blog. It's about urbanism and interesting in any case.
http://emergenturbanism.com/
If I could get past the pop-up, I'm sure there's good stuff here.
http://regardingplace.com/
Seattle Focused
Journalism based; Widely "blogrolled".
http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola
Thoughtful and broad, this blog has an overt mission to "propagate ideas that help fulfill the promise of cities".
http://citytank.org/
This kind of blog is what's killing newspapers: timely, collaborative and clear.
http://seattlebikeblog.com/
Also a news outlet with special interest.
http://seattletransitblog.com/
Recommended by StreetsBlog, a radical academic in Seattle.
http://www.urbanadonia.com/
A local professional with lofty aspirations who seems to have slowed down blogging in the last year. He's probably onto bigger and better things that stemmed from his blogging notoriety (in both of our dreams).
http://buildthecity.wordpress.com/
Great project sponsored by AIA.
http://alleysofseattle.com/page/2/
I never knew alleys had so much potential.
http://alleynetworkproject.com/
Chuck Wolfe's institutional blog.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/chuckwolfe/
Chuck dominates Seattle Urbanism Blogs, this one is general interest on cities.
http://www.myurbanist.com/
A group blog about the built environment of Seattle.
http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/
A well-connected blog promoting all the right things.
http://www.greatcity.org/
A really smart and motivated young woman whose broad interests are presented in a simultaneously critical, inspiring, and humorous way. Better keep an eye on this one!
www.urbanismbyroxy.blogspot.com
Established Sites
The blog most often referred to in my transportation class.
http://streetsblog.net/
StreetsBlog's sister site where you can watch a "Mode Montage" and oggle over bike paths that are actually used.
http://www.streetfilms.org/
Tactical Urbanism Salons travel from city to city.
http://tacticalurbanismsalon.com/
Participate in the online book club. Read Death and Life of Great American Cities next.
http://citybuilderbookclub.org/
Co-Founded by Richard Florida
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/
Either based out of Portland or obsessed with Portland, an urbanism blog clearinghouse.
http://www.theurbanvision.com/blogs/
Everyone seems to love Planetizen, I should read it and find out why.
http://www.planetizen.com/
"The official on-line innovations library of SMART (Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transformation) at the University of Michigan (http://um-SMART.org)" that's a good idea!
http://inspiremobility.blogspot.com/
A bit dry but authoritative.
http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/
Transportation blog centered around gondolas with a playful attitude that I appreciate.
http://gondolaproject.com/
Why Transportation Planning has a bad rap, so much information it's dull.
http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/
Somebody's Blog
By a Public Transit Planning Consultant from Portland, widely "blogrolled".
http://www.humantransit.org/
This blog calls cities "metros"; quite anonymous.
http://www.urbanophile.com/
"The Bellows: Approaching the City" Artsy and Smart (just like me!).
http://www.ryanavent.com/blog/
A professional architect/urban designer from North Carolina whose website is ironically at a different scale than all others, clearly an innovator.
http://properscale.blogspot.com/
Both timely and timeless, this one also gets the Artsy and Smart stamp of approval.
http://www.thepolisblog.org/
A collaborative blog about Planning specifically and Urban Issues generally.
http://planningpool.com/
A collaborative blog about "how urban design affects people," sounds good to me!
It's hard to tell, but this is a firm trying to look like a group of friends.
http://www.placemakers.com/placeshakers/
This might discredit me as a blogger if it's not, but I think this is a blog. It's about urbanism and interesting in any case.
http://emergenturbanism.com/
If I could get past the pop-up, I'm sure there's good stuff here.
http://regardingplace.com/
Seattle Focused
Journalism based; Widely "blogrolled".
http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola
Thoughtful and broad, this blog has an overt mission to "propagate ideas that help fulfill the promise of cities".
http://citytank.org/
This kind of blog is what's killing newspapers: timely, collaborative and clear.
http://seattlebikeblog.com/
Also a news outlet with special interest.
http://seattletransitblog.com/
Recommended by StreetsBlog, a radical academic in Seattle.
http://www.urbanadonia.com/
A local professional with lofty aspirations who seems to have slowed down blogging in the last year. He's probably onto bigger and better things that stemmed from his blogging notoriety (in both of our dreams).
http://buildthecity.wordpress.com/
Great project sponsored by AIA.
http://alleysofseattle.com/page/2/
I never knew alleys had so much potential.
http://alleynetworkproject.com/
Chuck Wolfe's institutional blog.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/chuckwolfe/
Chuck dominates Seattle Urbanism Blogs, this one is general interest on cities.
http://www.myurbanist.com/
A group blog about the built environment of Seattle.
http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/
A well-connected blog promoting all the right things.
http://www.greatcity.org/
A really smart and motivated young woman whose broad interests are presented in a simultaneously critical, inspiring, and humorous way. Better keep an eye on this one!
www.urbanismbyroxy.blogspot.com
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