In the second installment of our Vision Zero blog series, Design for our Lives, we go on our Founder and CEO, Mariela’s exhilarating (for all the wrong reasons) trip down memory lane as she braves a 1.4 mile walk in the suburbs of Miami. With vivid illustrations of downright embarrassing at best, and unacceptably dangerous design (or lack thereof) features, we showcase why Vision Zero is indeed necessary, but bring to light various yet unanswered questions about the movement, which we will continue to explore throughout the series.

Today we introduce the first installment in our Vision Zero blog series, with a helpful Vision Zero 101 infographic and a compelling personal message of why we must Design for Our Lives…

Get your dose of M&Ms this week as Mariela and Michelle - our CEO and COO - take State of Place on a “sidewalk” show in Oslo and North Carolina. Tune in to watch Mariela pitch State of Place at the Katapult Accelerator Demo day OR register to see Michelle pitch to the Research Triangle economic development and sustainability community about how we use data to get SMART(er) (walkable, livable, and sustainable) places done!

Today’s post is by State of Place’s CTO Andy Likuski. Andy argues that trams are integral to high quality urban life, not a nice to have that can be value engineered into just straightening out a few bus lines. Trams are certainly placemakers, but also have a near magically ability to enhance public life for both travelers and people on the street, and most amazing they can integrate nature into city streets.

What do Oaks, Bulls, the Queen - and State of Place - have in common? North Carolina! Namely, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham, and our COO, Michelle Woodhouse, respectively. And we're conquering all three of these amazing cities. Find out how State of Place is poised to make the Silicon Valley of the South Smart(er) and more walkable starting later this May!

In light of yet another vehicle-ramming attack in Munster, Germany - and now Toronto, are pedestrian barriers really the best way to protect the public realm from future attacks - or is this strategy merely akin to playing a real life version of whack-a-mole? Can walkability be the "silver-bullet" we've been looking for in the fight not only to keep people safe, but to make people, the planet, and dare we say, profits happy?

Last week, in light of the most recent vehicle attack in Germany, we argued that we need to make fast strides toward walkability to well, save the world! So the question now is, how do we do that? While there's no secret, fool-proof recipe for creating walkable, livable places, there are five key factors you do need to consider - the "hierarchy of walking needs" - when putting together your redevelopment and planning strategies! Learn more about the Hierarchy of Walking Needs and get one step closer to saving the world! :)

In light of yet another vehicle-ramming attack in Munster, Germany, are pedestrian barriers really the best way to protect the public realm from future attacks - or is this strategy merely akin to playing a real life version of whack-a-mole? Can walkability be the "silver-bullet" we've been looking for in the fight not only to keep people safe, but to make people, the planet, and dare we say, profits happy?

In honor of International Walking Day, we're revisiting the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse, discussing a recent proposal by prominent Miami-based New Urbanists to reenvision 8th street, and offering a limited-time promo for a 14-day free State of Place trial!

How many times do we have to be disappointed by citymaking's next "panacea" before we realize there will NEVER be a silver bullet answer to solving the beautiful, chaotic mess that is a city organism? This might seem odd for a "tech" company to say, but tech alone will NOT save cities - in fact, no one thing alone will save cities! Today we discuss how the devastating FIU pedestrian bridge collapse and the fatal Uber autonomous car accident showcase how it's important to "KISS" our way to better places and use tech as a means and not an end. 

We're more than four weeks into the Katapult program in Oslo, so ya know we couldn't resist our datageek selves much longer...so without further ado, we present how three Oslo hoods measure up on the State of Place Index, and how we can save at least two of those (and any of you who are fighting awful planning and development projects) from their fates! 

On today’s blog, our Marketing Intern, Laura Schumacher, talks about the luck of the Irish and our lucky treat to all of you, our Ultimate Guide to Walkability Assessment Tools. This guide evaulates the top seven walkability assessment tools and helps you find the right one to use for your development project, neighborhood, or city. 

What do Mexico & Norway have in common? Plus we have exciting news to share...

According to Google Trends, this is the time of year that students are evaluating cities for their summer internship potential. Maybe your city has the right internship programs in place to attract the best, but do you have the right amenities that will make your summer interns stay past August? We turned to the top urbanists to find out how cities can convince summer interns to stay for the long-term. Here are their top tips...

In celebration of Valentine's Day, let's talk about the one thing that we love more than anything: Street Transformations! We can't get enough of those Before & After shots of cities showing their streets a little love. We analyzed Streetsblog's six nominated blocks for Best Urban Street Transformation 2017 and revealed which city had the biggest transformation according to the data...

Today's post comes from our CTO Andy Likuski, who spent last week attending the New Partners for Smart Growth conference in San Francisco. He shares his experience and makes the case for why autonomous cars will enable us to create more car-free streets.

We know there's a lot of disappointment in the cities passed over by Amazon. BUT we're on a mission to prove that the RFP process is unnecessarily complicated and wasteful. Let's co-create the model for how all RFPs should be handled in the future. We're calling on all 218 would-be-lover cities to send us their proposals! We'll pick 3 proposals to run through our software to quantify your before and proposed after, and then we'll calculate how the proposals would in-turn drive economic development. Join our RFP transformation movement...

Place-lovers, city-nerds, urban datageeks - by now you all know that Amazon has entered Phase II of its Eharmony-for-cities quest for "the one," announcing the 20 cities still in the running. But how will Amazon decide? We put together a cool infographic to get to know the finalists better and discussed how best to assess the X-factor - livability - in today's blog!