The Planetizen Week in Review is back.
After a short holiday break, the Planetizen Week in Review has returned, sharing the biggest planning and land use stories from a news-filled couple of weeks in July.
For more information on the stories mentioned in the Planetizen Week in Review, see the links below.
Time to Try Pokémon Go: Augmented Reality Connecting People to Places
New Report Targets the Sacred Cows of Transit Planning
Population Analysis—Explained and Exemplified
Why it Matters When Protesters Shut Down Highways
Read the full story: Planetizen Week in Review: July 18, 2016
Milwaukee transit agency plans 25% service cuts
The MCTS system will have to make a difficult choice between service frequency and coverage.
Is the built environment partly to blame for population decline?
The way communities are designed could be contributing to lower birth rates.
Fisticuffs: The argument AGAINST fare-free transit
If a terrible bus becomes free, will it truly free you?
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Move over, LA: St. Louis gears up for Olympics, invests millions in downtown redevelopment
The Missouri city will host the 2028 Olympic soccer group stage and knockout matches.
Dallas releases zoning code overhaul to officials
The drafted overhaul is over 400 pages long.
NYC renovations for dangerous, ‘mercilessly crammed’ street delayed until 2027
Construction was supposed to begin this fall.
San Diego’s Midway Rising project gets greenlight from city council
The project looks to become the largest affordable housing development in California's history.
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.
City of Rosemead
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello