City Planning’s Greatest Innovation Makes

City Planning’s Greatest Innovation Makes a Comeback” mentions Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud: “Divinity aside, there was good reason to love grids. As Alain Bertaud—a former city planner for the World Bank—points out, planning a grid in advance of growth allows surveyors to demarcate the public and private realms, reserving space for necessary infrastructure and ensuring that future expansion follows a coherent pattern. That might sound restrictive, but the result is a blank canvas that empowers cities to grow and adapt.