Jobs

With unemployment numbers falling, jobs are on the rise in some rural parts of the country.

July 14, 2011 - The Daily Yonder

A new study from the nonprofit research center Good Jobs First looks into how relocation tax breaks for businesses have encouraged sprawl in the Cleveland and Cincinnati metropolitan areas.

July 9, 2011 - Crain's Cleveland Business

A new report focusing on design professionals and architects in New York finds that these industries are on a strong growth path and create a significant impact on the local economy.

June 10, 2011 - Urban Omnibus

Many of those who have recently graduated in planning are currently asking “how can I get a job?” Of course a number of recent graduates do have work. But government budget cuts may mean that local jobs are hard to get. This is the time to use your imagination. To get you started here are some ideas: 

June 4, 2011 - Ann Forsyth

Minibus drivers in Johannesburg, South Africa, were not happy about plans to build a city-wide bus rapid transit system, worrying it would take their business away. After sometimes violent debates, the drivers have compromised with the city.

May 31, 2011 - Citiscope

California's high speed rail project has been criticized for starting its first section in the state's central valley and connecting to small towns. But this piece argues that's exactly the right way to do it.

May 26, 2011 - Miller-McCune

New report out of Dartmouth College says America needs to build, to boost recovery and improve global competitiveness.

April 13, 2011 - Huffington Post

Regional business planning and cooperation at the metropolitan level is creating hubs of prosperity in the U.S.

April 12, 2011 - Brookings Institution

Unhealthy, smog-filled air has struck an unsuspecting locale: rural Wyoming.

March 12, 2011 - USA Today

The new jobs in New York City aren't in Manhattan, but in the boroughs. For low-income workers to be able to access those opportunities, improved bus service will be necessary, says a new report.

February 28, 2011 - Streetsblog

Owners of a citrus grove near Hobe Sound, Florida want to create a new city, calling it a potential "job-oriented community."

February 18, 2011 - TCPalm

The internet has great potential as a means of professional marketing for many soon-to-be and recent graduates. Not everyone in planning, however, uses it well. The following tips aim to help you realize its potential and avoid its pitfalls. 

January 17, 2011 - Ann Forsyth

Streetcars are increasingly seen as boons to local economies. And with a $130 million federal fund aimed at streetcar projects, some are expecting more systems to develop, according to this article. Others, though, still question the investment.

December 19, 2010 - CNN

More than two-thirds of rural areas in the United States have seen growth in jobs since 2009, according to this article from The Daily Yonder.

December 15, 2010 - The Daily Yonder

In a recent blog post,(1) highway expert Alan Pisarski suggests that highway-oriented sprawl development is somehow necessary for the development of modern labor markets.(2) Pisarski writes that regional job markets are jobs are more specialized today than they were in his youth, and labor markets are thus "of immense size because many [highly specialized] employers need a market of hundreds of thousands of potential workers to reach the ones they need. The Atlanta region of 26 counties is not a great economic engine because it is 26 charming adjacent hamlets, but rather because the market reach of employers, suppliers, customers and job seekers spreads over several million residents."

November 16, 2010 - Michael Lewyn

The spatial needs of commerce and employment are shifting, and cities need to focus on bringing employment centers back to neighborhoods, argues Jay Hoekstra.

October 20, 2010 - Terrain.org

Shifting federal transportation dollars to transit projects could help create up to 180,000 jobs and not raise the federal deficit, according to a new report.

September 7, 2010 - Streetsblog

Aging infrastructure is limiting India's developmental ability. With few trained civic engineers in the country, crucial upgrades aren't happening.

August 27, 2010 - The New York Times

Aaron Renn argues that when it comes to thinking on large cities, "too many people remain stuck in the 90s." Now that the recession has civic finances in a vice grip, we ought to focus not on condos or bike shares, but straightforward job creation.

August 23, 2010 - New Geography

As high speed rail projects begin to take shape across America, commuters are anticipating eased travel but skeptics remain critical.

August 22, 2010 - CNN