An overview of thirty years of the Clean Water Act: successes and failures.
"When Americans decided to clean up the nation's surface waters in 1972, they were finally responding to environmental disasters too dramatic to ignore: the burning of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, the decaying algae and fish kills of Lake Erie. In Wisconsin, some rivers billowed with phosphorus foam from paper mill and detergent discharges. A billion pounds of dead alewives rotted on Lake Michigan beaches.It has been nearly 30 years since the passage of the Clean Water Act, and tremendous progress has been made in bringing streams, rivers and lakes back to life...So why is it still dangerous to eat the fish and swim at many beaches?"
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: 30 years later, cleanup still fighting current

Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.

Canada vs. Kamala: Whose Liberal Housing Platform Comes Out on Top?
As Canada votes for a new Prime Minister, what can America learn from the leading liberal candidate of its neighbor to the north?

The Five Most-Changed American Cities
A ranking of population change, home values, and jobs highlights the nation’s most dynamic and most stagnant regions.

San Diego Adopts First Mobility Master Plan
The plan provides a comprehensive framework for making San Diego’s transportation network more multimodal, accessible, and sustainable.

Housing, Supportive Service Providers Brace for Federal Cuts
Organizations that provide housing assistance are tightening their purse strings and making plans for maintaining operations if federal funding dries up.

Op-Ed: Why an Effective Passenger Rail Network Needs Government Involvement
An outdated rail network that privileges freight won’t be fixed by privatizing Amtrak.
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions