Austin
3D Printing Affordable Housing at Scale
A new 3D printer, coming soon to the market, promises serious construction cost savings in an era of seriously expensive construction costs.
Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Final Draft Released
The first priority of the draft Austin Strategic Mobility Plan is to reduce single-occupant vehicle trips.
Pushing the Austin City Council to Ditch Parking Minimums
Austin seems like a safe bet to be one fo the next cities to end parking minimums citywide, and advocates are already pressing for the change.
Apple Is Going Suburban Rather Than Urban in Austin
Apple has plans to build a new campus and expand its Texas workforce. The decision to expand to an Austin suburb points to both regional and national trends and outcomes.
Google, Apple Expanding Around the Country, Spending Billions Along the Way
Both Apple and Google have announced expansions in recent days that required a ten-figure total to describe.
Austin, Texas Shows the Way to Plan and Design Transit Oriented Development
Capital Metro in Austin, Texas recently published a set of outstanding resources for planning and designing Transit Oriented Development: a Transit Design Guide, a TOD Priority Tool and a TOD Guide. Way to go, Austin!
Transit Rides Now Free for Kids in Austin
Capital Metro is growing a new generation of public transit riders.
Anti-Displacement Policies Recommended for Austin
Faced growing housing costs and limited funding and resources for struggling homeowners and renters, the city of Austin has ramped up efforts to identify and lobby for housing policy changes.
Bond Measure Seeks to Remedy Austin's Affordable Housing Woes
A bond referendum on the November ballot would help Austin increase its supply of affordable housing.
Opinion: Make Austin's Accidental Scooter Lane Permanent
Austin scooter traffic is rising, so why not make room for them?
Austin's Waitlist for Housing Vouchers Only Opens Every Four Years
A chance to participate in a lottery, which gets winners on a waitlist for federal housing assistance, pops up on the calendar as frequently as the Summer Olympics.
Toll and Tax, or Just Tax, to Pay for Highway Expansion?
A political decision by the Texas Transportation Commission last December to drop projects which included toll lanes was thought to doom 15 road expansions from their 10-year capital plan, but some will go forward with HOV as opposed to HOT lanes.
AAA Study: Auto Ownership More Cost-Effective Than Ride-Hailing
Even after factoring in insurance, parking, depreciation, fuel, repair, maintenance and licensing, urban dwellers would pay half the costs to travel, on average, nearly 11,000 miles annually in their own new car rather than relying on ride-hailing.
Austin Approves New Stadium to Lure Columbus' Soccer Team
The Austin City Council approved plans for a new, privately financed soccer stadium to become the future home of the team currently known as the Columbus Crew.
Breaking: Austin Moving on from CodeNEXT
The city of Austin's ambitious process of rewriting its Land Development Code has lost political support.
U.S. Army to Build New 'Futures Command' in Austin
The new Futures Command will employ 500 employees and represents a big win for the city of Austin in a national economic development process landscape increasingly marked by competitive bid processes.
Uber Launches Jump Electric Bike Share in Austin
Austin is one of the first cities where users can use Uber's new bike share system, after the transportation network company branched out earlier this year.
Nine Highway Expansions Identified as Worst Boondoggles of 2018
In a new report, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group describe nine costly highway projects amounting to $30 billion in their fourth annual "Highway Boondoggles" report. All share the theme of induced travel demand.
Austin Reminded to Be Respectful While Debating CodeNEXT
A call for civility amid the great zoning debate in Austin, Texas.
Study: There's a Lot of Vacant Land in Texas Cities
All that empty acreage means that these big, rapidly developing cities don’t really have to sprawl.
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.
Smith Gee Studio
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City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
