Texas
Malformed Consent
One viewpoint on why local decisions regarding infrastructure and growth issues may not be as valid as they appear.
Local Stores Create Triple The Economic Activity Of Chains
Civic Economics explores the pros and cons of chain retailing on local economies.
Tadao Ando's Work Of Art
The new building for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has created a small tourist boom.
Blueprint Houston
A diverse group of Houston residents have launched an effort to demonstrate the need for long-range planning.
New Book Superstore Would Hurt Local Businesses
A book superstore would hurt homegrown businesses and the Austin economy, a study commissioned by a local nonprofit group claims.
Light Rail Conspiracy In Houston
The Houston Chronicle accidentally posts an internal memo calling for editorials and news articles supporting an as-of-yet unannounced light rail referendum.
What Dallas Should Learn From Portland
Dallas and Portland have remarkably similar geographies. There are some important lessons Dallas could learn from Portland.
Do Texas Counties Need New Powers To Cope With Urban Sprawl?
Should Texas counties be given the key to the planning tool box.
Regional Planning Creates Nonprofit Foundation
To be eligible for a wider pool of grants, a regional planning council creates a 501(c)(3) foundation.
How To Solve Houston's Mobility Problems?
Polly Ledvina and David Crossley argue that there are better ways to solve traffic problems than investing $1.5 billion to double the size of the Katy Freeway.
Arson Strikes Historic Home, Developer Charged
One of Austin's historically black neighborhoods, Clarksville, could lose its historical designation after a home was destroyed by arson in May.
Teacher, What's Sprawl?
Activists in Texas are trying to get "un-American concepts" such as restricting urban sprawl excluded from school curriculum and textbooks.
War Stories From A Houston Pedestrian
Houston has done well facilitating pedestrian access in commercial areas -- but don't try to walk between neighborhoods.
New Life For Greyfields And Brownfields
Don't give up on greyfields and brownfields. Smart growth offers redevelopment prospects.
Successful Dallas Light Rail Expands To Suburbs
Light rail in Dallas is becoming a great success and example for Houston.
Should Flooded Texas Towns Rebuild?
The Guadalupe River in Texas has flooded twice in five years. Should the communities along the river be rebuilt?
Smart Growth Advocated At NAACP Convention
Sociologist Robert Bullard advocated Smart Growth at National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's national convention.
Golf Course Planned Despite Water Shortages
Community groups in San Antonio, TX, oppose plans for a new golf course.
Houston Redevelopment And 'Civility'
The redevelopment of downtown Houston is accompanied by a new 'civility' policy banning aggressive panhandling and dumpster diving.
New Urbanist Architect's Fort Worth Designs
Architect David Schwarz designs for Fort Worth has supporters and critics.
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
