California
Los Angeles' Bicycle Kitchen
A growing number of people are using bikes in Los Angeles, and their informal headquarters has become the Bicycle Kitchen.
Cramped Style
How regulators derailed California's most environmentally progressive development.
Downtown San Diego: A Model For Fighting Sprawl
San Diego's Downtown Community Plan sets forth a vision for downtown's future growth and development as an intense yet livable place.
County Loses $5.5 Million Land Use Case To Vegetable Grower
Jurors decide a wetlands designation imposed by Santa Barbara County violated the rights of a vegetable grower.
Have Blight; Will Redevelop
The Claremont Institute provides an in-depth case study of a redevelopment project in Southern California, and questions whether redevelopment was needed at all in this case.
San Francisco's Transportation 2030
The Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission releases its 25-year plan for the region's transportation network.
Eminent Domain and Redevelopment
Is emiment domain a valuable redevelopment tool or a way for government to intimidate landowners?
California Housing Prices Driving Away Younger Population
A quarter of all Californians are considering moving to bring down housing costs.
California Considers Tracking Your Car
As fuel efficiency has increased, gas taxes have declined. California considers an alternative tax on mileage rather than gasoline.
Will Critcizing Growth Make You Disappear?
A local water district that has criticized rapid growth and the availabilities of water supplies may be dissolved.
Using Public Transit To Make Your Getaway Doesn't Usually Work
A bank robber escaped from a Chinatown heist into BART's underground tunnels, forcing part of the system to shutdown for four hours.
A Primer On Workforce Housing
Thanks to incentives and increased demand, some developers are find workforce housing a viable development option.
Map Unveiled For California Bullet Train
California's High-Speed Rail board has published it's propsed alignment for the state's futuristic 'bullet train'.
Prison Or A Mixed Use Community?
The needs of prison expansion are pitted against demand for housing.
A Model For Community Entrepreneurship
Mercado La Paloma is an example of a successful program to stimulate small business ownership for dozens of mostly immigrant entrepreneurs.
Building Hallowed Halls Not Sprawl
The booming border city of Chula Vista, CA has designated land where it will develop a university and research center.
A Critical Look At Playa Vista
Writer Morris Newman takes a hard look at what's actually been built at Playa Vista, the long-planned development on the Los Angeles waterfront.
When Does A Liquor Store Become A Nuisance?
Neighborhood residents find that closing an unruly local liquor store -- is a lesson in planning gone awry.
Happy Trails For All
When new homes are built next to wilderness areas, buyers and nature lovers battle over noise, parking and access. The city of Calabasas, CA, has figured out a solution.
Sales Taxes For Special Uses Unpopular
Two sales taxes for open space and transportation are defeated in Ventura, CA, despite popular support for the goals.
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
