The City of Los Angeles has, finally, formulated an ambitious vision — some say too ambitious — to redefine nearly every facet of mobility in the city.
Planners Across America: Philadelphia on the Rebound
Garry Jastrzab, executive director of the Philadelphia Planning Commission, explains how a new comprehensive plan and a focus on the public realm guide the city as it searches for a balance between the old with the new.
Flight Segments
LAX renovation gains momentum with Terminal 5.
Crises and Innovation Converge on San Francisco Planning Director John Rahaim’s Watch
The latest installment of the Planners Across America series interviews John Rahaim, planning director for the City and County of San Francisco, about the heightened passions and perpetual controversies of planning in the City by the Bay.
Book Review: Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change
Tactical urbanism’s entry into the mainstream comes in the form of the enthusiastic volume Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change.
Critical Thinking And The College Applicant
Time and again, though, it’s the students who see through the platitudes who are the most attractive college applicants.
Stop Blaming Airbnb for Your Apartment Search Woes
Focusing on how home-sharing sites are worsening L.A.’s rental market is diverting us from addressing much bigger housing problems
Planners Across America: Josh Whitehead Helps Memphis Live Within Limits
Josh Whitehead, planning director of the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning & Development (OPD), discusses competing with suburbs, implementing a new zoning code, and redeveloping, for a second time, historic streetcar corridors.
How One City Will Change Its Entire Bus System Overnight
After three decades, Houston is revamping its entire bus network — more than 80 routes, 1,200 buses and a quarter-million daily passengers — literally overnight.
Mega-Building Projects and their Impact
Guest on KOCE/PBS’s public affairs show “Studio SoCal,” discussing the impact of Los Angeles’ development boom.
California City Moves Toward Innovation Zone for Marijuana
City officials believe it would be the country’s first-ever land use designation specifically meant to promote and regulate the production of marijuana and cannabis-related products.
L.A. Wants to Throw a Different Kind of World Party
Ambitiously called Los Angeles World’s Fair (LAWF) — no “proposal” or “candidate city” about it — the group is promoting what it describes as a new type of World’s Fair, one that is fitting not only for Los Angeles but also for the 21st century.
San Francisco Tries to Combat the Business Side of Gentrification
Campos has proposed a ballot initiative that, while it will not save every threatened legacy business, may buoy enough of them to prevent the city’s commercial landscape from being overrun by Starbucks and Chipotle.
Silicon Beach Misses Chance to Curb Rising Rents
As of last month, Silicon Beach can officially blame themselves for some of this housing crisis.
L.A. Asks Makers to Stand Up and Be Counted
With over 350,000 manufacturing jobs, Los Angeles County has more than any other county in the U.S., and an attendant number of factories.
Review of ‘Water to the Angels’
Les Standiford, an accomplished novelist, sets out to tell this gripping story in Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles.
Planners Across America: Brad Buchanan Shepherds Denver’s Explosive Growth
In this interview for the “Planners Across America” series, Denver Planning Director Brad Buchanan details Denver’s efforts to reactivate the urban core with strong planning, transit investments, and new residential and commercial developments.
Papacy Comes Down to Earth on Climate Change
It turns out that two of the world’s biggest proponents of smart growth are Catholic.