Texas
When the Real Estate Market Ruins Your Plans
Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.
'Vancouver Of The South'
Inspired by Vancouver, the Trinity River plan could transform Fort Worth, TX.
Houston 2025: Linking Mobility And Quality-of-life
A 2025 vision of Houston where mobility enhances quality-of-life.
Breaking Up The Big Box
A former Wal-Mart store becomes home to a Mexican-style market.
Critics Wary Of Houston's New Form Of Annexation
Planners around Texas are worried that Houston's deals with municipal utility districts will hamper regional development strategies.
The Forbidden City
Want to see China's Forbidden City? Go to Texas.
Stakeholders Scrutinize Proposed Trans-Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor
The Texas Department of Transportation gets regional comment regarding its proposed 4,000-mile-long network of passenger and truck lanes, high-speed rail and data infrastructure corridors.
Austin's 'Land-use Queen'
A profile of Austin's veteran planner who is both feared and respected.
A Streetcar Named Disaster
The Houston Review takes a hard look at Houston's new MetroRail transit system.
Can Houston Drivers Adapt To Light Rail?
For the last year, Houston has been trying to prepare its drivers for light rail, but already there have been 15 accidents since January 1.
Texas Environmental Fines Dwarfed by Polluter Savings
Cutting corners, saving money, spewing toxins: is this Texas environmental policy?
Dallas's Black Neighborhoods Failed to Deliver
After World War II, black neigborhoods in Southern cities suffered overcrowding, and even those with money could not move up-- due to segregation.
LRT Helping To Revitalize Houston CBD
Houston is hopping these days with new public and private investments.
Houston's Focus On Planning Gets Noticed
A Super Bowl visitor to Houston writes that although the city's reputation for visual blight is deserved, the city is catching on to good city building.
Rail Transit Politics Continue In Houston
Harris County District Attorney rules that the anti-rail group Texans for True Mobility violated no state campaign laws.
Houston: Urbanism Meets The Wild West
SpaceCity is beginning to bridge its auto-dominated wide open spaces with more attention to developing its urban fabric.
Houston's Makeover
After years of national criticism about Houston's livability, the city is trying to remake itself -- fast.
Inaccessible Sidwalks, Deadly Streets
Forced to roll in street due to unusable sidewalks, a wheelchair user is killed by SUV.
How Should Houston Grow?
A suburbanite offers his perspective on how Houston's urban core must grow if the region is to prosper.
University Area Dance Of Development
The University of Texas and its neighbors agree on a plan that has something for everyone.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
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
Journal of the American Planning Association
