California
A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference
CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.
San Franciscans Ready For Action On Homelessness
Left-leaning San Franciscans are just about fed up with the issue of homelessness in the city. Many are advocating for more strict law enforcement.
A New Model Of Development In California?
Planners at the recent California APA chapter conference were asked whether they thought the state is ready for "complex urban development". As John King explains, most said "no".
When's The Next Bus Coming? Ask Google
One Northern California man started a business to help his local transit agency get connected with Google Transit.
Activists, Planners Battle Over Street Trees
Neighborhood activists are fighting plans to remove ficus trees from the streets of Southern California cities.
San Francisco Bay Area Ponders Gas Tax Hike
With concerns about global warming at an all time high, the region's policy makers think the time is right for a 10 cent gas fee.
Time For A Vision In Little Saigon
After about 30 years of organic developments, Little Saigon, also named "the capital of Vietnamese America", is seeking a planning and architecture vision.
Los Angeles Air Will Set Record This Year - For Cleanness
The good news is that L.A., the nation's most polluted city, will enjoy its cleanest year since records were first established 30 years ago. The bad news is that L.A. is still the country's ozone capital.
Bike-Sharing System May Come To San Francisco
San Francisco is considering a plan to create a bike-sharing program, similar to the successful program recently instituted in Paris.
Can Land Use Planning Save The World?
At their annual conference, California's planners are obsessed with global warming.
Residents Call On City To Slow Traffic
Residents in San Jose, California, are calling on the city to do something about a recent increase in speeding on residential streets, but officials feel there is little that can be done.
Advanced Traffic Data Deleted After Days
Los Angeles has one of the world's most advanced traffic detection systems, enabling it to manipulate traffic signals on the fly by using real-time data. But This data is saved for only a few days, limiting the extensive data's long-term use.
Many Ideas On Improving L.A. Mobility But No Consensus
A number of ideas for improving public transit and reducing congestion are floating around Los Angeles. But without consensus, it may be a long while before any of the proposed solutions is realized.
15 Years Of Critical Mass
In the 15 years since its inception, San Francisco's Critical Mass bike rides have spread across the country, and helped to change the public perception of cyclists and streets.
Schools To Be Built Near Freeways Despite Health Threat
Recent studies have shown that locating homes and schools near freeways increases the rate of asthma and other diseases in children, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has plans for 7 more school within 500 feet of freeways.
Sacramento's Core Fills In
After years of trying to get more properties built for sale downtown, new urban infill projects are springing up in Sacramento's core.
Abandoned Luxury Condos Morph Into Affordable Housing
With the downturn in the housing market, a planned luxury condo tower in Downtown San Diego has been reworked into an affordable housing development.
Questions Surround L.A.'s Tree-Planting Plan
The city of Los Angeles has announced a plan to plant 1 million trees in the next few years, and though the city has been successful in giving many trees away to people with the intention of planting them, no one is sure how many of them are planted.
Historic Hotels May Fall To Create Surface Parking
Citing a need for downtown parking, a public official in Stockton, California, has proposed demolishing eight historic hotel buildings to build parking lots.
Pay As You Drive (PAYD) System Test Gets Go Ahead
In six states, test runs will assess public attitudes and acceptance of road taxation systems that ditch gas taxes and charge drivers based on how many miles they drive.
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.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
