United States

An Era of Innovation for Park Design

Next City surveys the most ambitious examples of park design from a year of ambitious projects.

January 11, 2016 - Next City

Wise Use Movement Galvanizes Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation

In an news analysis for The New York Times Sunday Review, Alan Feuer sees the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon as another struggle between the Wise Use movement, which began is the 1980s, and the mainstream.

January 11, 2016 - The New York Times

Wheelchair Ramp

Finding Homes Harder For Those With Disabilities

A new study finds that the number of units available to those with a disability is insufficient to meet the growing needs of an aging population.

January 11, 2016 - CityLab

aerial view of identical suburban homes

A Brief Explainer of the Urban vs Suburban Migration Inflow/Outflow Argument

Has the renaissance of our urban cores petered out or will the movement of suburban refugees to denser metro neighborhoods continue? Let's see what demographics and economics tell us.

January 11, 2016 - Medium

fisheye photo of DC subway in station

How Do We Solve the High Cost of Building Transit?

Compared to other countries, building mass transit in the United States has proven significantly more expensive. But why? And how do we fix this?

January 10, 2016 - Greater Greater Washington

Federal Funding Authorized for States to Test Gas Tax Alternatives

The five-year transportation reauthorization known as the FAST Act relies on $70 billion of one-time, non-user fees to fund the $302 billion bill. The act also allows the government to fund the development of sustainable funding options by states.

January 10, 2016 - The Hill

Gentrification and 'The Slums of Beverly Hills'

There is hidden economic diversity even in one of the most famous (and toniest) of zip codes.

January 10, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Even Homer Nods: Responding to Paul Krugman on Housing

New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman, usually an astute observer, must have been having an off day when he made a completely incorrect assessment in his column on gentrification in New York City.

January 9, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

New Federal Rule Decriminalizes Walking to School

The recently approved federal education law includes a provision that allows students to take alternative forms of transportation to and from school with parental permission.

January 9, 2016 - New York Post

Study: Motivations for Active Transportation Vary by Income Levels

The motivations to walk or bike vary greatly by income levels, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Washington. The wealthy, as it turns out, are the outliers.

January 8, 2016 - University of Washington

Anchorage Officials Seek State Lands to Ease Housing Crunch

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has asked Alaska Governor Bill Walker to transfer more than 24 parcels of state land for high density housing.

January 8, 2016 - Alaska Dispatch News

Congress Increases Allotment for the Land and Water Conservation Fund

The funding allotment for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) included in the Omnibus spending bill marked a substantial increase over previous years.

January 8, 2016 - APA Policy News

Seattle Light Rail Construction

A Map of the Country's Transit Pipeline

The new Transit Explorer tool offers a new way to visualize the scale of the country's transit infrastructure investments. Spoiler alert: 2016 will be a big year.

January 8, 2016 - the transport politic

2015 Was a Record Year for New Vehicle Sales: 17.5 Million

Several key factors, not the least of which was cheap gas, combined to make 2015 a record year for new passenger vehicle sales, smashing the 2009 record of 10.4 million sales and edging-out the prior record of 17.40 million sales in 2000.

January 7, 2016 - The Washington Post

Big Box Store Target Focusing Growth in Urban Areas

Target announced recently that almost all of the stores it expects to open in 2016 and 2017 will be located in urban areas.

January 7, 2016 - Fortune

San Antonio

Ranking Cities By Infill Developments

A list of the cities doing the most to build infill development, courtesy of Infill Score.

January 7, 2016 - Infill Score

VW Scandal Obscures Diesel's Real Problem

It's easy to focus on the sensational headlines based on the fraud committed by Volkswagen, but doing so masks the deadly and ongoing problems of diesel emissions plaguing the world's densely populated cities.

January 7, 2016 - The New York Times

Streetmix

Top 10 Websites - 2015

The annual list of the ten best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news, information, and research on the built environment.

January 6, 2016 - James Brasuell

Toward a New Federal Funding Formula for Housing

Ending one housing subsidy for households making over $100,000 a year could fund housing vouchers for everyone who needs them.

January 6, 2016 - City Observatory

Queens Boulevard an Award Winner—No Longer the 'Boulevard of Death'

Streetsblog presents a look back, with some snark involved, at the year that was in transportartion.

January 6, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Home and Land Services Coordinator

Appalachian Highlands Housing Partners

Associate/Senior Planner

Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development

Senior Planner

Heyer Gruel & Associates PA

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.