Massachusetts
Cape Cod Train Would Spur Development
Opponents of the proposal to bring passenger train service to Cape Cod say the plan could derail years of careful planning and land management.
Boston VC Firms Moving To Suburbs
Venture capital firms in Boston are moving to the suburbs as part of an effort to be closer to the "pulse of the region's entrepreneurs."
Sun, Surf, Sand, And Visionary Planning
An editor's summer vacation in Massachusetts inspired him to celebratethe joys of public planning for The Washington Post.
Harvard Looks Forward To Boston
Harvard University now owns more land in Boston than back across the CharlesRiver in Cambridge and the university has plans to expand on its 102 acres in the Boston neighborhood of North Allston on land that now houses a truck graveyard and one-story wa
Mass. Conservation To Be Driven By Science, Not Vistas
Massachusetts will focus conservation efforts on areas of scientific importance rather than aesthetic value.
Transit Oriented Development Vs. Park-and-Ride
Environmentalists and smart-growth advocates want transit officials to encourage transit-oriented developments, but suburban commuters want parking facilities and not much else.
Boston's Premier Land Use Law Firm
If you need a zoning approval or a liquor license in Boston, go to McDermott, Quilty & Miller.
Boston's Big Dig: A $125 Million Change Order
Boston's Big Dig faces yet another major price increase. And there's no end in sight.
Developers Look Towards The 'Holy Land'
Churches, synagogues and other religious organizations sitting on increasingly valuable parcels of land are giving in to development pressure to help meet costs.
The Impact Of Removing Rent Control
Despite active affordable housing efforts, Cambridge suffers after rent control ends.
Profile Of Boston's Chief Planner
The Globe talkes with Rebecca Barnes, Boston's planning director about her job and her vision for Boston.
Demolition By Neglect
Some owners know that they will not be able to obtain permission to demolish their historic home. So they neglect the property and let it deteriorate until it becomes unsafe and demolition is the only option.
Trolleys Or 'Rapid' Buses?
Transit advocates in Boston are calling for the restoration of trolley service as an alternative to bus rapid transit lines.
Redeveloping Suburban Strip Malls
Planners in Massachusetts look toward mixed-use projects to revitalize casualties of "big box blight."
Massachusetts' Smart Growth Efforts
As sprawl spreads through wide swaths of Massachusetts, planners are introducing a variety of smart growth initiatives.
A Town Refusing To Write Its Obituary
Fitchburg, Mass.was abandoned by GE, residents left, and there was no money for economic development.
Massachusetts Faces Affordable Housing Battle
In the fiercest fight over low-cost housing in decades, lawmakers square off over legislation to determine what role communities outside of Boston will play in alleviating the state's housing crisis.
Supreme Court Ruling Puts Different Spin On Takings
The U.S. Supreme Court gives property owners a new legal weapon to use to challenge zoning and environmental restrictions.
Boston's Big Dig Takes Form
Boston's Big Dig is the largest and most complex highway project ever attempted in U.S. History. It's finally starting to take shape.
Touring A Wastewater Treatment Facility
An Atlantic Monthly writer tours a Boston-area A wastewater-treatment facility.
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
