Exclusives
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From SoHo to SoDoSoPa
How zoning made great neighborhoods illegal to build, and preordained gentrification.
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How Strip Malls Replaced Midtowns
“The great American roadside” to some, “vulgar and desecrating” to others, “parkitecture” is a truly American phenomenon. And it comes at a cost.
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San Diego’s Car-centered Planning is Killing Children
Like most American cities, San Diego’s planning choices hold a gruesome legacy. Why are we okay with that?
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Land Use: Chasing Utopia, 2025?
History has taught us the risks of undervaluing the power of planning decisions. Overvaluing them might be just as dangerous.
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It's a Bus! It's a Van! It's… Microtransit?
Microtransit is in vogue. Cultivating a strong understanding for what it can and can't do will help prevent you from getting rizzed up by this charismatic mode of transportation.
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Who Wants to Play SimParkingLot?
The original urban planning game wanted to model real life cities. One grim reality of American urbanism held it back.
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San Francisco is out of Land. Amidst Rising Seas, is it Time to Create More?
Creating new land from the sea gets a bad rap. Done responsibly, it can be a climate adaptation strategy, not a real estate play.
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November Must-Reads: Top 10 Articles From Last Month
November’s headlines address the housing crisis, highlighting zoning reform, affordable housing, and a first-in-the-nation law tying minimum wage to rent and housing costs.
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Sulfur-based Batteries Could Offer Electric Vehicles a Greener, Longer-range Option
EV batteries are an environmental and human rights disaster. What many don't know? Another option exists.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Using AI in Community Engagement for Urban Planners
AI promises more engagement more efficiently and, finally, a solution to those empty consultation rooms. The reality is a little more nuanced.
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Planetizen’s Top Urban Planning Books of 2025
How thoughtful deregulation could unlock a housing and infrastructure boom, the social histories that lie behind a globalizing economy, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in planning.
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YMCA: The Swan Song of SROs and the Birth of Modern Homelessness
The demise of our last mass stock of affordable market housing left us no place to go when we’re short on our dough. How will we rebuild last resort housing?
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Is the Bus Still Running? Seriously… is the Bus Still Running??
Faced with increased operating costs and the end of pandemic-era federal support, many transit systems across the United States find themselves grappling with tough decisions.
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Cyclists may be Right to run Stop Signs and Red Lights. Here’s why
One researcher argues that the Idaho stop might not be such a bad idea after all.
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Americans are Fleeing Blue States, Even When Politics Misalign. The Culprit? Housing Affordability.
Will the blue state starter home ever return?
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In Maine's Cold, Remote Waters, Electric Workboats are Being Put to the Test.
Tired of polluting the waters that feed them, Maine's remote aquaculture innovators are making the dream of marine electrification a reality.
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“Leveraging Place”: A Toolkit for Staying Loyal to the Places We Shape
Place speaks before we plan. We need to listen.
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Good Transit Is Simple: Lessons in Good Route Design
Avoid loops, limit deviations, space stops appropriately, and respect layovers.
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“Nobody Walks Here. It’s Too Hot or Cold or Wet or Dry.”
How much does weather actually play into the choices people make about their travel behaviors?
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
