Technology
Study: Average EV Drivers Use Just 12.6% of Car’s Range
‘Range anxiety’ contributes to people’s hesitation about EVs — but hardly anyone need the range they think.
AI-Powered Bus Lane Cameras Are Speeding up Buses by up to 36%
More cities are turning to automated enforcement to keep bus lanes clear of cars and improve service.
4 States, DC Enacted Robotaxi Laws This Year
As autonomous carmakers deploy self-driving cars in more cities, states are scrambling to regulate the technology.
Chicago Transit Authority Plans to Banish ‘Ghost Buses’
The CTA is implementing changes to its tracking technology that will more accurately display bus arrival times and track bus reroutes and delays.
Texas City to Test Waste Heat-to-Water Generation System
The technology harnesses waste heat to produce clean drinking water.
Opinion: Smartphone Dependency Mirrors Car-Centric Development
Decades ago, we started building a society based around car ownership, making it difficult to navigate U.S. cities without one. Are we making the same mistakes with smartphones?
Building a Just Energy Transition
A new book outlines a “four-plus pillars” framework for phasing out fossil fuels while addressing systemic inequities, emphasizing public support, dedicated funding, economic diversification, coalitions, and reforms that dismantle extractive systems.
Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forests
Georgia Tech’s latest urban canopy assessment for Atlanta uses high-resolution mapping and a Potential Planting Index to guide data-driven tree preservation.
Tesla Found Partly Liable in Fatal Autopilot Crash
The Miami ruling is the first to find the company partly responsible in a crash that killed one pedestrian and injured another.
Do You Live in an ISP Monopoly?
Almost 9 million Americans live in an area with only one option for internet providers.
What Happens When a Robotaxi Gets Pulled Over?
In Phoenix, a police officer who pulled over a Waymo driving in the wrong lane was “unable to issue citation to computer.”
How Data is Helping Protect Campus Trees
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is using GIS technology, student engagement, and sustainability-driven planning to manage and protect its nationally recognized urban forest.
Charging Ahead: Why EV Infrastructure Is Still Expanding Despite Market Uncertainty
Electrify America is forging ahead with major charging network expansions, confident that long-term demand will keep rising despite short-term EV market and policy disruptions.
North Carolina Deploys 2,500 AI-Based Traffic Signals
The signals use AI to collect data and help traffic engineers make decisions and implement changes more quickly and effectively.
The Basics of Artificial Neural Networks: What Urban Planners Should Know
Planetizen AI columnist Tom Sanchez takes us under the hood of the technology that drives many AI tools.
A Vision for the Future: LA County Releases Draft Sustainability Plan
Los Angeles County has released the draft 2025 OurCounty Sustainability Plan — shaped by community input — and is inviting public feedback through August 22 to help guide the County’s path toward a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient future.
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Data-driven algorithms can help planners make more informed decisions, but the technology comes with its own risks of error, misuse, and built-in biases.
Tesla Announced Human-Assisted Robotaxi Launch in San Francisco — But State Regulators Say Otherwise
The electric carmaker appears to be both-sides-ing its impending launch, telling regulators it will have human drivers on board while touting the project as ‘robotaxis’ to investors.
Art in the Shade: Confronting Climate and Equity Through Creativity
Through powerful, multisensory installations, Roots of Cool uses art to illuminate Los Angeles’ climate and shade inequities, inviting visitors to imagine a more just, tree-filled future.
Atlanta, Dallas Area to Launch Robotaxi Rideshare Fleets
Lyft and Uber will begin including autonomous vehicles in their networks in Atlanta and Arlington, Texas starting later this year.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
