Exclusives
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The City of Broken Sidewalks
Can Los Angeles fix 4,000 miles of broken sidewalks before the city hosts the 2028 Olympic Games?
BLOG POST
The Story of Eastman Clock Plaza in Downtown Cranford
How a small plaza in Cranford, New Jersey became a community beacon.
BLOG POST
November Must-Reads: Top 10 Articles From Last Month
The future of planning in the second Trump administration, housing policy, and highway removal — here are Planetizen’s most popular headlines from November 2024.
FEATURE
Opinion: “New Towns” Are the Answer to Affordable Housing Challenges
How thoughtful design can create more walkable, livable communities.
BLOG POST
How Cities Can Leverage Financial Data for Smarter Urban Planning
Explore how cities can use financial data to enhance urban planning, improve budget allocation, and boost community services.
FEATURE
Commentary: A World Planning Congress That Was Out of This World
This year’s gathering was full of promise, hope — and tension.
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Planning for True Transportation Affordability: Beyond Common Misconceptions
Transportation affordability is important but often misunderstood, resulting in misguided solutions. New research helps identify ways to provide true affordability for economic freedom, opportunity and happiness.
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In the Bronx, Planning a More Vibrant Future for a Hospital Campus – and its Community
How an integrated approach to redevelopment is transforming a formerly isolated medical campus into a valuable community amenity.
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Planetizen’s Most Popular Stories This Week
In urban planning news this week were headlines on how a second Trump presidential term will impact EVs and transportation, Biden’s move to protect federal lands from drilling, and advice for progressive planning in conservative communities.
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Bridging Divides: The Crucial Role of Collaboration in Highway Removal
Highway removal is most successful when agencies at all levels of government work closely with each other and the impacted community.
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How Did We Get Here? Housing Policy and Planners’ Role in Shaping Regional Growth and Prosperity
To navigate the complexities of the current U.S. housing crisis, planners and decision makers must first understand how decades of past policy decisions led us here.
BLOG POST
Megalopolis: An Urban Planner’s Review
The sprawling film offers a bleak vision of city-building that minimizes the impacts of top-down development on everyday citizens.
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The News Is Not All Bad
President Trump's election might not be a disaster for local transit.
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Planner’s Guide to 2024 State and Local Ballot Outcomes
Transit and environment came out on top on state and local ballots nationwide, while housing and marijuana initiatives proved less popular with voters.
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Planetizen’s Most Popular Stories This Week
In urban planning news this week were headlines on where 2024 presidential candidates stand on 12 issues most important to urban planners, housing, Amtrak’s service expansion in California, and more.
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Progressive Planning in Ideologically Conservative Communities
Planners must work in diverse political environments including conservative jurisdictions that are skeptical of new issues and perspectives. Here are ways to reconcile conflicting goals.
FEATURE
Placemaking in the Barrio: Conceptualizing Infill Development in Disenfranchised Communities
How one San Antonio neighborhood could approach sustainable revitalization while supporting the existing community and drawing on its rich and diverse history and cultural resources.
FEATURE
How Social Media Is Influencing Our Interactions with Public Lands
Getting the perfect online photo is drawing more people into nature. Land managers are trying to mitigate risks and damage to wild places.
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Planetizen’s Most Popular Stories This Week
In urban planning news this week were headlines on federal housing legislation, transportation affordability, a study on bike lanes and traffic congestion and more, along with a few other stories Planetizen’s editors are reading.
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Rebuilding America's Backbone: A Call for Resilient Infrastructure
How sustainable investments in infrastructure made today can secure the future.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
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Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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.
