California
Hi-Tech Town Gets Hi-Tech Parking Meters
San Francisco is moving to replace its quarters-only parking meters with high-tech machines that accept different denomination coins and are touted as being more accurate and less susceptible to theft and tampering.
California's 6,000 Public Agendas
With more than 6,000 different elected entities and funding sources throughout the state, how can you plan effectively?
In-fill Development Becomes Stylish
Responding to traffic, limits on growth, and the need for affordable housing, in-fill development and smart growth are becoming trends.
Soboroff: An Environmentalist's Worst Nightmare
Respected L.A. developer Steve Soboroff has taken over the Playa Vista mega-project. And he's a developer willing to compromise.
Serious Health Problems In Los Angeles' Inner City
Ten years after the Los Angeles riots, South-Central and adjacent neighborhoods suffer chronic health problems.
L. A. Downtown Stadium By 2003?
In an effort to bring the NFL to Los Angeles, a group has proposed a downtown stadium adjacent to the Staples Center.
Teens Use Urban Planning To Create Cities
This article looks at a unique program that is teaching 50 high school students the intricacies of urban planning.
A Dozen Options For Easing Gridlock In L.A.
Government agencies offer a variety of suggestions to alleviate congestion on one of Los Angeles' most congested freeway.
Southern California's Planning Agency 'High Risk'
An audit of the agency responsible for regional planning in Southern California rates it a 'high-risk' recipient for public funds.
New Law Mandates A Clean Environment
Californians passed Proposition 40, a bond to fund efforts that protect and improve the environment.
Praying For Land Use Relief
Local regulation of religious land uses has become the latest battlefield in California development.
L.A. Joins Growing Trend To Ban Billboard
Los Angeles joins a growing list of cities that have decided to ban all new billboards within city boundaries.
Revival Of The Courtyard Complex
New urbanist-looking courtyard apartment complexes are being revived in Southern California.
More Babies Than Immigrants Fuel County's Growth
According to the Census Bureau, San Diego County's population growth was fueled largely by new babies. Census figures suggest that number of people moving out is higher than the number of people moving in but some experts are skeptical.
L.A.'s Three Newest Open-Air, Pedestrian Malls
Do open-air "pedestrian-shopping experiences" work? An L.A. Times columnist examines the city's three newest open air shopping centers.
L.A.'s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Joel Kotkin examines Los Angeles in the decade following the 1992 riots. L.A. is still not a paradise, but it's better.
Urban Sprawl Disguised As Smart Growth?
Rob Reiner and Robert Pregulman say the Ahmanson Ranch project, promoted as a "Smart Growth" solution to Southern California's affordable housing crisis, is just "classic urban sprawl" and is neither affordable nor will it solve the area's housing crisis.
Freeway Soundwalls: A Boondoggle?
California leads the nation in miles of soundwalls. Do other states know something California doesn't?
L.A. Developer Rob Maguire Profiled
The Los Angeles Downtown News profiles respected real estate developer Rob "Bubbles" Maguire.
Alternative Toll Roads Don't Work
The case study from Orange County, California demonstrates that paid toll roads don't solve traffic problems.
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
