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Leadership in Urban Planning, After Two Successful Stints as a Planning Director

Peter Park is the director of Peter J. Park, LLC and a former planning director of Denver and Milwaukee. In this interview, Park shares insights from a career of leadership in though and action in the field of urban planning.

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Why the Poor Cannot Move: It's Not Just the (Official) Rent

A discussion of the book Evicted, and in particular its suggestion that rent in poor neighborhoods is not much lower than the rent in middle-class areas.

Michael Lewyn

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What Can Planners Learn from Online Reviews? Examining Reviews of Los Angeles Rail Stations

Eun Jin Shin of Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, writes about a recent article she authored in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

JPER

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Smart Growth and Vehicle Travel Reductions

Many jurisdictions have vehicle travel reduction targets. Integrated Smart Growth policies can help achieve these and other planning goals.

Todd Litman

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Ballard Light Rail Extension

Alternatives Explored for West Seattle and Ballard Light Rail Extensions

February 10, 2019, 1pm PST

Plans to extend the Sound Transit light rail system are moving forward. Elected officials have a big choice to make that will determine the cost and scope of the projects.

The Urbanist

Light Rail Extensions in the Works in Seattle

September 8, 2018, 9am PDT

Seattle transit planners are working on a light rail extensions to West Seattle and Ballard, and trying to figure out which development alternatives are worth the cost.

KUOW

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Leadership in Urban Planning, After Two Successful Stints as a Planning Director

Why the Poor Cannot Move: It's Not Just the (Official) Rent

What Can Planners Learn from Online Reviews? Examining Reviews of Los Angeles Rail Stations

Smart Growth and Vehicle Travel Reductions

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