California
Urban Sprawl And Commuting
Commute times have risen in many areas. Is sprawl to blame?
Along Nuclear Reactor's Path, Cries Of 'NIMBY'
A radioactive 770-ton vessel begins a long and circuitous trip.
Stripping Away Aging Strip Malls
As sprawl has hit the wall, places like Fremont, CA are looking to convert aging strip malls into mixed-use developments.
Strips Malls As Apartments?
A city in California hopes to create new housing from aging strip malls.
Affordable Housing With An Ocean View?
Do people who purchased ocean-front condos in a low-income-housing program deserve to make a profit?
Which Species Are More Endangered?
A conflict between two threatened species on Santa Cruz Island crystallizs the ethical questions that face environmentalists as more endangered species compete for survival.
Wal-Mart Effect Series: Part 3
In the third part in it's hard-hitting series, the Los Angeles Times focuses on the zoning laws local communities are considering to limit supercenters and stores like them.
Structural Insulated Panels Promise Affordability, Energy-Efficiency
Structural insulated panels are being considered by many in the Inland Empire of Southern California as an energy-efficient, affordable housing design solution.
Development Takes Live/Work To The Next Level
An Orange County developer is successfully marketing dwelling units that owners can legally use to receive customers and hire employees in a suburban residential setting.
State Architect Effectively Advocates For Sustainable Design
California State Architect Stephen Castellanos discusses how the built environment affects students and neighborhoods.
History's Biggest Wildfire Recovery Effort
Projects in California range from relocating endangered frogs to mulching hillsides by helicopter.
Workers Housing Opens In Downtown Salinas
City and developer transform skid-row housing.
What Is Gov. Schwarzenegger's Environmental Agenda?
California's new chief of the state's EPA addresses the environmental agenda of the Schwarzenegger administration.
The Emerging Latino New Urbanism
LA City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa addresses the recent conference on Latino New Urbanism sponsored by the Transportation and Land Use Collaborative in Los Angeles.
Was The California Recall Election Really About Cars And Sprawl?
'Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was a knockout Thursday in a new role: San Fernando Valley car salesman.'
Answers To Gridlock
Reason's Transportation Fellow shows how the key to free-flowing roads may be public-private partnerships.
San Diego Gets Planning Advice
Robert Lang addresses the need in San Diego to engage in better planning practices and increase density to accomodate future growth.
Much Needed Public Transportation Services Restored in Los Angeles
MTA buses and trains run in Los Angeles once again as the one of the longest transit strikes in the City's history comes to a tentative halt.
Schwarzenegger to Encourage Smart Growth Policies
Planners, developers and environmentalists weigh Arnold Schwarzenegger's approach to growth policies in California.
L.A. Headed Toward Third World?
A new study by the Weingart Center shows that the city's economy has collapsed over the past 30 years.
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
