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Wisconsin Town Could Lift Ban on Throwing Snowballs
Since 1962, throwing a snowball in Wausau, Wisconsin could have gotten you a ticket.
Watch the Miracle on 14th Street in Action
The changes to 14th Street in Manhattan have proven innovative ideas about bus priority and congestion relief.
The Anti-Urban Streak of Hallmark's Christmas Movies
The culture war episode sparked by a recent commercial aired on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel shouldn't surprise anyone who has noticed the anti-urban themes consistent in the channel's Christmas movies.
Christmas Eye Candy: The American Tradition of Christmas Decorations
Decorating for winter celebrations is an ancient tradition. The contemporary American version of the tradition comes in many forms.
Trump Tilts at Windmills
The media raised their collective eyebrows at statements made by President Trump about wind energy at an event this week.
On Progressive Impotence and an Obsolete Penn Station
In a deep dive into the sad state of the nation's busiest transit hub, Marc J. Dunkelman raises a dispiriting question. In their zeal to ward off future Robert Moseses, have progressives crippled government's power to carry out its job?
HUD's Latest Homeless Report Counts Increasing Homelessness
The federal government blamed California for the increasing number of people living in homelessness in the United States.
Land Use Patterns Connected to Biodiversity Crisis
As many as 1 million species are at risk of extinction if the world, including planning professionals and politicians, doesn't make big changes.
Judge Tosses Manhattan Rezoning; Developer Tosses Affordable Housing Project
A court decision to toss a signature rezoning plan of the de Blasio administration in New York City had immediate repercussions for a development proposal that would have added hundreds of new affordable housing units.
A Transit and Land Use Planning Shift in Federal Way, Washington
Federal funding for Sound Transit's Federal Way Link extension and a new transit-oriented land use plan are changing the future of Federal Way.
California Clears the Way for Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
Safety driver not included.
More Service Cuts Due to Denver's Bus Driver Shortage
Denver transit riders are bearing the brunt of the region's lack of transit drivers.
San Diego Residents Could Vote to Expand Ballot Box Planning Powers
The March ballot in San Diego County will ask voters to make big decisions about planning and development on the fringes of the developed parts of the county.
People Over Cars: The Future of San Francisco
The San Bruno Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project moved forward in San Francisco despite local resistance. The planning and political calculus behind the project is a sign of more to come in the City by the Bay.
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Are Cities Really Losing Millennials?
Despite headlines to the contrary, the nation's most urbanized places appear to have gained thirtysomethings in recent years.
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Better Planning with More Comprehensive Transportation Cost Analysis
Transportation planning decisions often involve trade-offs between various economic impacts, including direct user costs, and various external costs imposed on other people. All of these impacts should be considered in planning analysis.
Splashy New Project Revealed for the Williamsburg, Brooklyn Waterfront
A skyline-changing pair of towers are proposed for for the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn.
Norman Krumholz, Champion of Equity Planning, Dies at 92
The planning community lost a luminary in Krumholz, the author of the "Making Equity Planning Work" and the former director of planning for the city of Cleveland.
Statewide Density Increases Proposed in Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia will consider a bill that would legalize duplexes in single-family zones throughout the state.
Another Record Year for Demolitions in 2019
The headline about Philadelphia demolitions looks pretty similar to one in 2018.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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.
