California
Just Say No To Mega-Tunnels
A Los Angeles Times editorial comes out against using mega-tunnels to solve Los Angeles' traffic woes.
Are Suburban Police Dumping The Homeless Downtown?
Los Angeles Police Department offices claim to have observered police cars from suburban police departments 'dump' homeless people in downtown Los Angeles.
Returning Transportation Pork To New Orleans?
California politician Nancy Pelosi begins a remarkable trend by offering to give the $70 million earmarked for San Francisco transportation to the Katrina appropriations fund.
The Los Angeles '2 Percent Strategy'
It's ironic that Los Angeles -- a city 'maligned as traffic-choked and strip-malled' -- is emerging as a model for sustainable urban design by focusing development on just 2% of the city's land.
Friday Funny: Hollywood Without Electricity -- 'Our Tsunami'
Survival accounts from the Great Blackout of Los Angeles 2005 -- No electricity for 26 minutes. 'This is our Tsunami.'
The Battle Against More Density In Westside Of Los Angeles
The already dense Westside of Los Angeles, from Westood to Santa Monica continues to densify at a dizzying rate. Residents prepare for a protracted battle to keep growth at bay. Has planning failed one of LA's most desirable communities?
Cameras And Free Wi-Fi To Combat High-Crime Area In Watts
To attack both the digital divide and the violence at one of the city's most dangerous public housing projects, police plan to place surveillance cameras inside the Jordan Downs complex ald also provide free wireless Internet access.
Southern California Cities Test Smart Parking Meters
Los Angeles is testing out new 'smart' parking meters that use credit or ATM cards as payment and remind you to pay via text messaging.
Dreaming Of A Car-Free Development
While local developers and city leaders reject the idea, Sherman Lewis, professor emeritus at California State University, East Bay, continues to advocate for a pedestrian-friendly development of 1,000 residences in Hayward, CA.
Frank Gehry Goes Hollywood
The acclaimed architect is the subject of Academy-award winning director Sydney Pollack's new documentary.
Los Angeles Grapples With Saving Its Murals
The preservation of urban wall art is stirring controversy in the city and around the country.
Preparing L.A. For Disaster
According to several sources, Los Angeles is one earthquake away from becoming a new New Orleans -- and they warn that local preparedness is imperative.
Building America's Longest Underground Highways
As land becomes more scarce and traffic gets progressively worse, Southern California's transit planners begin to look seriously at underground highways.
Public Transit In L.A. Is For Other People, Not Natives
Traffic may be horrible in Los Angeles, but for many, it still beats the alternative of public transportation.
Getting Serious About Greening The Los Angeles River
Los Angeles has hired a team of consultants to study ways to make the LA River a focus of urban revival instead of a flood control system. A series of public meetings may be a prelude to massive public works projects.
Courtyard Apartments: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Back
Courtyard complexes provide an affordable, mid-density, low-rise housing alternative as Los Angeles moves from single-family to high-rise residential development.
America's Most Polluted Park
The air quality in Sequoia-Kings Canyon has dropped so rapidly that it's surpassing even Grand Canyon and Joshua Tree as the most polluted.
L.A.-Based Architectural Firm Thinks Locally, Acts Globally
Mark Rios and his firm RCH Studios are known for their interdisciplinary approaches to architecture and landscape architecture. Despite being 'creative generalists', the firm has managed to thrive in an era of specialization.
San Diego Awards $19 Million in 'Smart-Growth Incentives'
San Diego's regional government awards $19 million to 14 'smart growth' projects in an innovative smart growth incentive program.
The Next Katrina-Like Disaster?
Could this region with more than a thousand miles of deteriorating levees protecting cities and farmland be the next Katrina-like disaster in the making?
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
