Small communities are fighting the stores, which have gone from zero to over 200 in California in the past eight years, but usually they are allowed by local zoning.
Storefront Service Centers Put Transit Agencies on Solid Footing
Transit agencies, whether they run buses, trains, ferries, bike share systems, or other mediums of mobility, exist in a state of paradox. While their vehicles, signage and street furniture is highly visible and they serve millions of customers each year, many lack a physical connection with their customers. But some transit providers are working to change that.
Seattle Planning Director Pursues Equity Amid a Pro-Growth Agenda
An interview with Seattle Planning Director Sam Assefa for the latest installment of the “Planners Across America” series.
Lago Approaches New York City as a ‘City of Neighborhoods’
The latest installment of the “Planners Across America” series features New York City Planning Director and Planning Commission Chair Marisa Lago.
Creating Complete Streets
There is no such thing as “a” complete street. No single street is “complete.” Complete streets encompasses more of an idea—and an attitude—than a typology.
Houston Planning Director Dispels Myths About the Effects of Harvey
An interview with Houston Planning Director Patrick Walsh, conducted after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the city and reduced its planning and infrastructure to a talking point for pundits.
Planning Director Susan Anderson Separates Fact from Fiction in Portland(ia)
Planetizen’s “Planners Across America” series continues in the city that put many contemporary best planning practices on the map: Portland, Oregon.
The Work of Architecture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The totality of architecture encompasses structures, setting, relationships, uses, and even ideas that, in combination, create a landscape.
Freeway Caps May Reshape California Urban Areas
Now, as California’s urban resurgence continue apace, several cities are considering reconstructive surgery.
Pursuing Inclusion, Equity in the Nation’s Capital
Senators, secretaries, and presidents scarcely concern Eric Shaw. Director of the D.C. Office of Planning since 2015, Shaw is dedicated to an aggressively progressive agenda.
America’s Largest Suburb Flirts With Urbanization
Planners Across America: John Wesley leads the charge to introduce urbanism into mega-suburb of Mesa, Arizona.
Post-Recession, Master Planned Communities Come Back to Life
Ontario Ranch is but the most massive of a new generation of large master planned communities that are in various stages of development statewide. Technically, Ontario Ranch is an annexation, consisting of nine master-planned communities that are enormous — on the order of several thousand residential units — in their own right.
New Planning Initiatives Strive for Equity in Baltimore
The Planners Across America series visits Maryland for an interview with Baltimore Planning Director Tom Stosur.
Kings, Despots, Dictators, Cities and the End of History
Recent history suggests that Fukuyama’s theory faces peril, if not outright obliteration. What this world will look like—figuratively and literally—in a generation or two is anyone’s guess.
Cities Zero In On Road Road Safety
Ambitious, Rapidly Expanding Vision Zero Movement Seeks to End Vehicular Deaths
What If Houston Fell in Love With Planning
Houston’s expansion is going in two directions at once. While development on the suburban fringe continues, there is intense focus on the urban core.
Ballot Initiative Takes Aim at Planning in Los Angeles
The number of people who would likely vote in favor of the city’s current system of long-range planning and project approvals in the City of Los Angeles hovers around zero. But that is not exactly the question at hand.