Valarie was a student at the Westside Leadership Institute in the Spring of 2020. She took the ‘Zoning for Equity’ course in the City and Metropolitan Planning department as the only non-U student (but a resident of the west side), and after that experience, she fell in love with the field and applied for the […]
Read MoreSalt Lake City initiated the planning process for Reimagine Nature, a Public Lands master plan, just as the pandemic changed how we engaged with the public. To adapt, Public Lands utilized new advertisement methods and partnered with the University of Utah to employ a variety of digital and in-person techniques to reach underrepresented communities. Response […]
Read MoreTwo of our PhD students, Sayma Khajehei and Kevin Fagundo Ojeda will present their grant-funded research on Aug 4th to a national level, interdisciplinary audience. I hope you can come and see the excellent work they’ve done! This grant research is funded through the Natural Hazards Center with support from NSF and CDC. Both students […]
Read MoreStudents from the University of Utah had the opportunity to join planners from across the region in Kanab this past March for APA Utah’s 2022 Spring Conference. With three days of presentations addressing both urban and rural planning needs, the Spring Conference highlighted content for professional planners, citizen planners and elected officials. Topics included everything […]
Read MoreThe White House passed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that would set aside $650 billion for roads, bridges, railways and ports as the administration signals its interest in focusing on updating and expanding transportation systems. This new federal goal comes as Utah is already awash in federal, one-time COVID-19 relief funds and as the state […]
Read MoreEvery year the glow from our porches, buildings and streetlights gets brighter while our view of the moon, stars and Milky Way get dimmer. As light pollution reduces the darkness of the night sky, it disrupts animal movements, human biological clocks and other essential processes. It makes our lives and the planet less healthy. Dark […]
Read MoreGuidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use ABSTRACT Problem, research strategy, and findings: The monocentric development pattern in the Alonso–Mills–Muth model underpinned theoretical discussions of urban form in the 1960s and 1970s and truly dominated theory up to the point when Joel Garreau published Edge City: Life on […]
Read MoreStudents in the Community Engagement in Planning course, taught by Prof. Ivis Garcia, presented to Road Home staff about the Rapid Rehousing program. ABSTRACT The Road Home (TRH) is an organization providing services to homeless individuals and families in the Salt Lake City area. TRH is perhaps best known for their emergency shelters, but the […]
Read MoreRide-sourcing services are getting more popular each year, and their markets are growing. Much has been speculated, but not much has been tested regarding the impacts of ride-sourcing services on the transportation system. In this study, we examine the relationship between ride-sourcing services and vehicle ownership of households, by using the most up-to-date (2017) national […]
Read MoreGraduate Research Fellows are selected for their excellent research. They receive money and other good things including tuition and a stipend for one year. Congrats to our Ph.D. student Dong-Ah Choi for winning one of the university’s annual 12 to 15 awards. Read more about Graduate Research Fellowships here.
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