United States
Climate Change May Prompt Revolution In Transportation Planning
Transportation planners and public officials have begun to consider ways to reconfigure cities and alter driving patterns in order to reduce vehicle miles traveled and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Obstacles Remain for Renewable Energy
John White, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology (CEERT) describes the obstacles that must be overcome for states and municipalities to reach their renewable energy targets.
Taking America's Infrastructure to the Bank
All indicators show that America's infrastructure -- from roads to bridges to sewers to airports -- is in dire need of investment and repair. Can a National Infrastructure Bank make the difference?
Libraries in the Digital Age
In this slideshow from Slate, Witold Rybczynski looks at public libraries from across the country and wonders how they will and should react to the increasingly digital age.
Redirecting Sprawl
Reining sprawl may require "redirecting" it.
End of Downtown Construction Boom May Be Near
Two notable large-scale projects in downtown L.A. have not broken ground on time, which many see as a sign of the end of downtown's real estate boom.
More Than 1% of Americans Incarcerated
According to a new report, more than 1% of the U.S. population is behind bars -- the highest percentage ever recorded. The flood of prisoners is causing major funding problems for many communities and state governments.
Are Planners to Blame for the Mortgage Meltdown?
Randal O'Toole believes that in the search for blame for the mortgage and credit crisis, an obvious candidate is being overlooked: city planners.
Growth in Gardening
Nearly 100 million American households have tended a garden or lawn since 2005, a significant increase from years past. According to estimates, much of the rise is due to younger adults getting out in their gardens.
Colleges Tightening Bonds With Cities
Universities are embracing their interrelationships with their cities, sparking a flurry of university-led urban development projects.
Mortgage Crisis a '50-State Katrina'
Filmmaker Danny Schechter reflects on the extent of America's debt crisis, and wonders if we need something like the Oscars to help name and identify those responsible.
Economic Stimulus Package - No Infrastructure Funding...Yet
If a group of bipartisan governors from some of the nation's largest states have their way, the $168 billion economic stimulus package will include $30 billion to repair the nation's infrastructure, including road, rail, and bridges.
Boomers Cause Boom in Hospital Construction
Hospitals are being built and renovated all across the country -- a trend responding to the aging baby boomer population.
Bush Denies Infrastructure Funding
The pleas of governors from across the country for more infrastructure funding have been shot down by President George W. Bush.
Municipal Bankruptcy Woes
The cities of Vallejo, California, and McCall, Idaho, are considering filing for bankruptcy.
The Cleaning Power of Landscape Architecture
This post from Pruned looks at a proposal to turn a contaminated reservoir into a "bioremediating ecological machine".
Bringing Down the House
Experts differ on the extent to which the economy will be damaged as a result of the mortgage crisis. But almost all agree it's going to get a lot worse.
Walking Away from the American Dream
The prevalence of mortgage "walkaways" reveals that the mortgage crisis has significantly changed the values associated with homeownership, and reduced the stigma of foreclosure.
Bonds, Lame Bonds
Unprecedented failure in municipal bond auctions is causing municipal borrowers to flee the auction market and driving up rates at which cities can borrow money.
Changing Patterns in Traffic Volume
In recent decades, traffic volumes have risen rapidly throughout the United States. But a report by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments argues that growth rates in traffic volume may be tapering off.
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
