Hacker News with Generative AI: City Planning

'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5k-year flood (bbc.com)
Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city escaped relatively unscathed.

Flooding, Climate Change, City Planning, Europe

3 points by Brajeshwar 72 days ago | 1 comments

The Minneapolis Street Grid: Explained (streets.mn)
When I moved to Minneapolis from upstate New York last year, I found myself puzzled by the layout of the streets and avenues across the city.

Minneapolis, City Planning, Urban Design, Geography, Transportation

139 points by Renevith 83 days ago | 62 comments

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (lrb.co.uk)

Transportation, City Planning, Urban Design

212 points by Thevet 84 days ago | 137 comments

City Infrastructure (cityinfrastructure.com)

City Planning, Infrastructure, Urban Development

3 points by dTal 93 days ago | 0 comments

Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city (arstechnica.com)

Game Design, Pixel Art, City Planning, Retro Games

8 points by YesBox 123 days ago | 0 comments

'SimCity' Isn't a Model of Reality. It's a Libertarian Toy Land (wired.com)

Video Games, Politics, City Planning, Social Commentary

6 points by cybersoyuz 127 days ago | 4 comments

California city plan funded by Silicon Valley investors put on hold (nytimes.com)

California, City Planning, Urban Development, Silicon Valley, Investment

5 points by chriscbr 128 days ago | 1 comments

London, Paris, Seoul Show Commuting Power of Fast Regional Rail (bloomberg.com)

Transportation, Public Transit, Urban Planning, Regional Development, City Planning

85 points by ohjeez 150 days ago | 76 comments

In this satirical city builder, your convert walkable cities into parking lots (pcgamer.com)

City Planning, Games, Satire, Simulation

14 points by breck 151 days ago | 1 comments

SF missed its housing goals (sfchronicle.com)

Housing, San Francisco, City Planning

9 points by lottamus 154 days ago | 4 comments

ShotSpotter does not reduce gun violence or increase clearance rates (vitalcitynyc.org)

Gun Violence, Crime, Technology, City Planning

102 points by apwheele 166 days ago | 55 comments

Building SimCity: How to put the world in a machine (mitpress.mit.edu)

Simulation, City Planning, Computer Science

440 points by jarmitage 170 days ago | 165 comments

North Korea's post-modern cityscapes (reuters.com)

North Korea, Architecture, City Planning, Urbanism

54 points by z7 198 days ago | 59 comments

The Trouble with Soho (edwest.co.uk)

London, Neighborhood, City Planning

53 points by paulpauper 212 days ago | 14 comments

Plunging Home Prices, Fleeing Companies: Austin's Glow Is Fading (msn.com)

Real Estate, Economics, Technology, Texas, City Planning

29 points by elsewhen 221 days ago | 44 comments