California
Valley Recreation Area To Filter Sewage
Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area, the Valley's second-largest park, is proposed to be converted to wetlands to filter sewage.
Transit Villages: A National Trend
It's a growing national trend: linking commercial and residential projects to transportation hubs. There's one in Sylmar,CA.
Sprawl More Expensive Than Infill Development
University study says new sprawling development in Bakersfield, CA will be expensive, and the city should consider infill development instead.
Will Los Angeles Break Up Into Smaller Cities?
The neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA, will play an important role in determining if the "City of Angels" will break up into smaller cities.
What Makes The Best Main Streets?
A development team from Rancho Cucamonga, CA travels across the country to evaluate what makes the best main streets.
Feds OK New Bay Area Bridge Project
Caltrans to solicit bids for the largest contract in its history - the $700 million "Skyway" phase.
Fixing San Francisco's Public Transit
San Francisco's reputation as a great public-transit mecca is being tarnished by poor reliability of its buses, trains and cable cars.
'Bus Rapid Transit': An Alternative For Light Rail?
The 'bus rapid transit system" is a bus service made to work like a rail system without the high cost of a light-rail system.
The Most Vital 'Boomburbs' In The Country
The Fannie Mae Foundation has listed the 53 most vital 'boomburbs' in the country. Almost half are in California.
California's Water Deals
Is the battle for Californian's state water rights turning ugly?
Banning Weekend Noise In San Marino, CA
Wealth lives in San Marino, California. And they don't like the noise from power lawn tools on weekends and holidays.
Gehry To Plan Playa Vista, CA Project
Frank Gehry has been hired to plan and design, with other architects, 60 acres of the former DreamWorks site.
Oakland Plans Massive Waterfront Redevelopment
The redevelopment of waterfront area in Oakland, CA, will cost $1.2 billion.
50 Years Of Botany In S.F.'s Golden Gate Park
A San Francisco botanist finally gets her due after 50 years of research in Golden Gate Park.
Los Angeles City Hall's Historic Preservation
The L.A. Times architectural critic praises the historic preservation of Los Angeles' City Hall, but notes a few minor flaws.
Radical San Francisco Building Shocks Planners
A new avant-garde architecture federal building shocks San Francisco sensibilities. Critics say the design belongs in L.A. or Houston.
Limited Planning Possible On Catalina
Santa Catalina Island, CA,is quiet and beautiful. But tourism is decreasing. And there is little room to grow.
The Wonders Of Suburbia
Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.
Late Night BART
An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
A Planned Community With No Cemetery
If you live in Irvine, California, you have to move elsewhere when you die. This master-planned city has no cemetery.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
