California
Feel Better About Being In Traffic
The California Department of Transportation is using a new system of electric signs to give motorists more information about freeway traffic.
Saving Compton's Creek
In a city famous for gangs, it's hard to imagine how a creek could improve life.
Freeway Tunnel Would Be Nation
Congress has approved $2.4 million to study a five-mile, $2 billion tunnel that would be the longest continuous highway tunnel in the US.
Remembering The Watts Riots
Mystery writer Walter Mosley reminds Angelinos that on the 40th anniversary of the Watts Riots, rage still smolders in the city.
Ventura, CA Passes All-infill General Plan
The City of Ventura, CA adopts an all-infill general plan, replacing it's previous plan from 1989.
Downtown L.A's High-rise Housing Boom
The latest high-rise building boom to hit downtown Los Angeles is focusing on housing, not office, space.
'Historic Deal' for Responsible Development In San Francisco
Board of Supervisors approve a landmark agreement to use development impact fees to stabilize vulnerable residents.
L.A.'s Mall Makeover: Introducing Mixed Use
An ailing retail center in a high-density area of Los Angeles proposes to introduce a mixed use mall to include senior housing.
Small Marina Receives Huge Windfall In Federal Transportation Funding
A small marina owner in the northern San Francisco Bay Area has received $20 million to initiate ferry service -- all beneath the radar of the Bay Area Water Transit Authority.
Kern County's Highway Coup
Representative Bill Thomas scores over $722 million from the Federal Highway Bill for Kerns County -- a move that has many in California perplexed.
San Francisco Mayor Promises Ambitious Housing Goals
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed a dramatic expansion in the number of housing units by 2010 to alleviate housing affordability problems.
Affordable Homes Drawing People To Working-Class Towns
As the real estate boom in Los Angeles continues, many are looking at out of the way towns to settle down.
L.A.'s Most Powerful Unelected Official
Los Angeles Magazine profiles environmentalist Joe Edmiston, who may be the most powerful unelected official in the city.
Southern California Housing Boom Surges Inland
With consumer demand unflagging despite rising prices, home builders are quickening their pace for new homes in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
California's Insatiable Appetite For Water
The Public Policy Institute of California projects the greatest need will be in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
When Cows Pollute More Than Cars
Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California's San Joaquin Valley.
When Big Is Too Big, Even In L.A.
This week the city council approved its first "anti-mansionization" ordinance.
Community-School Planning Case Study
The massive LA school district and several nonprofits document a planning process resulting in a primary school which will include family housing, childcare facilities, an early education facility and a neighborhood park.
LA's Next Planning Director Must Translate Vision Into Results
A new vision is just the start -- following through will require changing the way planning is done in Los Angeles.
The Case For Community Schools
Designer of un-conventional schools talks about improving outcomes for students and neighborhoods.
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
