Infrastructure

Texas Wind

Rural U.S. Turning On to Wind Power

Rural counties and cities around the United States are figuring out that it pays to do business with renewable energy companies.

September 7, 2017 - The Wall Street Journal

Stormwater Infrastructure

The Changing Paradigm of Stormwater Management

In the past, stormwater management has been about flood control. The future of stormwater, however, is in capturing, treating, and recharging water supply, according to this article.

September 6, 2017 - Maven's Notebook

Capital Bikeshare

Dockless Bikeshare Coming to the Nation's Capital

Bikeshare has been a breeze, for the most part, in Washington, D.C. But the District Department of Transportation is making room for innovation anyways.

September 6, 2017 - WAMU

San Francisco Construction

Connecting the Dots Between Air Pollution and Congestion

Some of the San Francisco neighborhoods with the worst air quality are also the San Francisco neighborhoods with the most development.

September 6, 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle

New Zealand

'Pedestrian Congestion' Hurts the Economy Too

There's an economic cost for making pedestrians wait at stoplights, according to a new study.

September 5, 2017 - Aukland Now

Biek Lane

Bike Advocates Form 'Human Bollards' to Protest Lack of Protected Lanes

Protestors are placing their bodies between bike paths and car traffic to make a point about transportation planning.

September 4, 2017 - CityLab

AP: 13 Texas Superfund Sites Threatened by Post-Harvey Flooding

The Associated Press broke big news yesterday about the scale of the environmental threat facing neighborhoods and communities located near toxic waste sites in Texas.

September 3, 2017 - Associated Press

Houston Bayou

Rebuilding Houston After Harvey: 'Bigger and Better'

Those were the words President Trump expressed before his first trip to Texas while Hurricane Harvey was ravaging Houston. But experts worry that the rebuilding won't be better due to the recision of an Obama-era environmental regulation.

September 2, 2017 - NPR

Seattle's Weirdest Intersections Make a Fetching Design

One artist capitalized on the quirks of Seattle's street grid.

September 2, 2017 - The Seattle Times

Wind

Of 11 Offshore Wind Energy Farms in the World, Only One Is in the U.S.

Though the United States is lagging other parts of the world in offshore wind energy capacity, that trend could be set to change in the coming decade.

September 2, 2017 - Smart Cities Dive

U.S.-Mexico

Four Companies Selected to Build Prototypes of Trump's Border Wall

In what was called a "significant milestone" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, Trump's controversial border wall project has shown its first tangible results.

September 1, 2017 - The Washington Post

Senior Mobility

An Aging USA Needs Safe Streets Now More Than Ever

Bigger cars and an older population means a growing number of Americans die while crossing the street, and the country is just getting older.

September 1, 2017 - Mother Nature Network

Washington, D.C.

The World's First LEED Platinum City: Washington, D.C.

In 2011, Washington, D.C. adopted the Sustainable D.C. plan, establishing the capital as a leader in green building and sustainability planning. In 2017, the city is the first in the world to achieve a new mark of distinction for its accomplishments.

August 31, 2017 - WAMU

Houston Flood

Houston's Drainage Problem

Houston received over 50 inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey in five days. While no city could survive that drenching unscathed, Houston was not prepared to handle the floods due to decades of neglect of stormwater management planning.

August 31, 2017 - The Atlantic

Grand Central Station

Gov. Cuomo Promised a Plan to Fix the New York Subway; Critics Say it's MIA

Earlier this summer, the governor of New York promised an ambitious plan to fix the MTA subway system. Now, at the end of the promised timeline for that plan, critics are saying that the city is left with more of the same.

August 31, 2017 - Politico New York

Durham, North Carolina

Not All Mid-Sized Local Economies Are Alike

The research director of the National League of Cities explains the defining characteristics of local economies—namely that of five distinct kinds of local economies, three serve to distinguish the nuances between mid-sized cities.

August 31, 2017 - CitiesSpeak

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

5 Ideas for the Milwaukee RiverWalk

The Milwaukee RiverWalk is already pretty great, but there's still work than can be done.

August 31, 2017 - Urban Milwaukee

Chicago's Loop Opens its First New L Station in 20 Years

One of the nation's premier transit systems has a striking new addition.

August 30, 2017 - Chicago Tribune

Clear-Sky Flood

Can Zoning Mitigate Flooding? Yes...And No

Houston's flooding might be mitigated by land use regulation- but not the type of regulations that most cities have.

August 30, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

NJ Transit

Accusations of Patronage, Incompetence at NJ Transit

A fired employee of NJ Transit has raised some alarming allegations as he departs the agency—going so far as to say he wouldn't ride the system.

August 30, 2017 - Politico

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.

Associate/Senior Planner

Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development

Senior Planner

Heyer Gruel & Associates PA

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