Massachusetts
Planning Boston's Central Artery: Who Decides?
Who will moderate among the dumb ideas being submitted for Boston's Central Artery?
MA Planners Seek To Overhaul Zoning
Massachusetts' zoning law is outdated, encourages spawl, and discourages good planning. A group of planners and attorneys are rewriting the law.
New Study Outlines 'Best Practices' For Smart Growth
The timing of a newly released report arguing that active state leadership can strengthen a community's ability to shape its own destiny is spot on.
600,000 Tunnel Tourists Turn Out In Boston
600,000 people showed up to tour Boston's new, nearly-complete, 1-1/2 mile-long Central Artery.
Pining For A Downtown
Suburban areas without a traditional downtown seek to fill void.
Massachusetts Flirting With Mount Laurel Doctrine
Massachusetts may be going down the same road as New Jersey's with its Mount Laurel doctrine, writes Jerold Kayden.
Case Study: The Religious Land Use Act
The Boston Globe features a story about the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Boston's City Hall Plaza: Another Plan
Boston's City Hall Plaza -- which looks a big like a Wal-Mart parking lot -- has been the subject of numerous plans. Could this one be for real?
Importance Of The Suburban Dump
The Christian Science Monitor calls the postmodern community dump the new heart of the suburb.
Boston Looking For The Next 'Big Big'
Transportation officials are already planning new projects, but some are concerned the 11-year-old project is a stain on the region's application for more federal transit dollars.
Poster Child For Failed Planning To Be Fixed
Boston's most ambitious urban renewal project since the 1950's envisions a complete makeover for the West End -- a once-vibrant community destroyed by bad planning.
Some Towns Saying 'No' To Families
Some growth-phobic towns are using a practice sarcastically referred to as 'vasectomy zoning' to limit the arrival of families.
Recreational Trails And Property Rights
The government is edging for control of a popular recreation trail through rural Massachusetts, and part of a 200-mile network.
US Could Learn From French High Speed Rail
The French have a high speed rail network that is th envy of the world.
Profile Of Cape Code: Paradise?
The Boston Globe features a series of in-depth profiles of beautiful Cape Code -- where everyone is an armchair planner.
Real Estate For Campaign Funds
A 72-acre prime real estate site in Lakeville near transit will be auctioned off to pay for political campaigns. The practice is raising eyebrows.
Urban Rennaisance Overlooks Mid-sized Cities
Mid-sized Massachusetts cities, many thriving industrial towns in the 1950s, have faced decades of severe decline.
Massachusetts' New Suburban Frontier
The Boston Globe features an in-depth profile of Hopkinton -- the largest in a series of largely unplanned "instant suburbs" along the I-495 corridor.
Struggling With Boston's Waterfront
The South Boston Waterfront has been heralded as the future for Boston. So why is it taking so long?
Gentrification In South Boston
East Boston has benefited from a thriving arts community, raising fears of gentrification.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
