The American Planning Association publishes its regular update on legislative and public policy issues of interest to planners.
This issue includes update on: the Community Character Act introduced in Senate; House examines transportation congestion; House panel begins action on Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA); and Heritage Area legislation introduced. "Senate supporters of reauthorizing the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) took the offensive early this year by reintroducing reauthorization legislation (S. 328) and trying to enact the measure quickly by unanimous consent. That effort was derailed by oil and gas interests who hoped to use the CZMA bill as a vehicle to open up some coastal areas for additional off shore drilling."
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Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Malls are becoming the midtowns of the future
Mall and office park redevelopments are a generational opportunity to create new nodes of urbanity.
NYC breaks ground on anti-flooding infrastructure project
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One Kentucky town’s secret to affordable housing
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Houston gains petal-shaped cooling infrastructure to make streets more ‘delightful’
The city has installed the pavilions along 15 blocks in Houston.
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.
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Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority