Protests abounded in 2017, as cities across the U.S. became organizing centers and hubs for demonstrations on issues as wide-ranging as women's rights, climate change, and immigration policy. From mayors’ open opposition to executive orders, to mass counter-protests following the racist violence in Charlottesville, 2017 was most certainly a year of urban resistance. (CityLab)

• The Case for the Subway (The New York Times Magazine)
• Smart City Expert Says Sustainable Cities Shouldn't Be the Goal (NextCity)
• Unbuilt Cities: The Outrageous Highway Schemes Left as Roads to Nowhere (The Guardian)
• How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities (Streetsblog)

• CFP: Friends of Congress Square Park (Due: January 31, 2018)
• Grant: National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (Deadline to submit LOI: January 31, 2018)
• Call for Applications: Citizens' Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) Workshop: Rural Communities Facing Design Challenges (Informational Webinar: January 25 at 3:00pm EST, Application Deadline February 16, 2018)
• CFP: Walk/Bike/Places 2018 (Deadline: February 2, 2018)
• Call for Applications: EDRA 2018 Great Places Awards (Deadline: February 26, 2018)
• CFP: Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) Initiative (Deadline: March 30, 2018)
• Conference: UN-Habitat World Urban Forum, Cities 2030 (Kuala Lumpur, February 7-13, 2018)
• Conference: 2nd Annual Complete Streets Conference, "Intersections: Creating Culturally Complete Streets" (Nashville, TN: April 3-4, 2018)
• Conference & CFP: 55th International Making Cities Livable (Ottawa, Canada: May 14-18, 2018)
• PPS Training: How to Create Successful Markets (NYC, June 1-2, 2018)
• PPS Training: Placemaking: Making It Happen (NYC, Coming Soon, Spring 2018 ) 
• Conference: EDRA49, "Social Equity by Design" (Oklahoma City, OK: June 6-9, 2018)
• Conference: Walk/Bike/Places 2018 (New Orleans, LA: September 16-19, 2018)