AARP
Free From AARP: Walk Audit Tool Kit and Worksheets
AARP recently published an all new, 28-page, image-filled guide—and 11 downloadable worksheets—for how to assess and report on the safety and walkability of a street, intersection, or neighborhood.
Avoiding Crowds at National Parks
With the pandemic and associated restrictions for a long year, people want to get outside more than ever. National parks are popular destinations and some are getting plenty of visitors, but there are ways to avoid the crowds.
Seniors and Urbanists Unite!
The AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) and CNU (Congress for New Urbanism) have produced a new set of urban planning guides. Their latest is, "A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods."
Imagining Livability Design Tools
The "Imagining Livability Design Collection" by the AARP Livable Communities and the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute provides a visual portfolio of placemaking solutions that can be implemented quickly, for not too much money.
An Argument for the Benefits of Form-Based Codes to Aging Populations
An interview with Joel Russell, executive director of the Form-Based Codes Institute.
The Best Cities To Spend Your Golden Years
AARP's annual list of great places to retire focuses on urban areas with amenities that allow seniors to maintain independence -- mixed-use housing, transit, walkable streets.
AARP Releases Evaluation Guide On Communities
The guide has been expanded and updated for the new 2005 edition, and includes many new chapters and topics.
Back To The City
Babay boomers are leaving the suburbs and moving to pedestrian-friendly cities.
Best Places To Retire
Baby boomers may be redefining the model for ideal retirement locations. AARP publishes its list of the 15 best places to 'reinvent your life.'
Livability For The Elderly
Not much attention has been paid to how to make environments livable for older Americans. AARP aims to change that.
City of Costa Mesa
Licking County
Barrett Planning Group LLC
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Mpact Transit + Community
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning
City of Universal City TX
ULI Northwest Arkansas
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
