PlanningEvery month, thousands of people — professionals and interested laypeople alike — read Planning to learn how innovative planning programs and techniques are reshaping America's communities. May/June 2012 Special Issue on Transportation
Smart Parking RevisitedJeremy Nelson and Jason Schrieber, AICP, offer lessons from six pioneering cities — in Planning Practice. Power to the PedalersA variety of innovations is making bicycling safer than ever. By Adam Regn Arvidson — with sidebars by Nicole Wynands and John Hendrickson.
What's Next for Rail?Jeffrey Spivak describes new projects of various stripes. With sidebars by Ann Sussman (the car of the future) and Kim Lundgren (electric vehicle infrastructure).
New York City's Very Big DigsAlex Marshall goes underground to report on the nation's largest — and expanding — transit system. My Car, Your CarMore and more people are driving a communal automobile. Alice Bieszczat and Joseph Schwieterman take a spin around town. Density DareHow well has BART done in its long-term efforts to build transit-oriented development? John King is on the scene. A Sustaining Places story. Web-Only Feature: Let's Get MovingGovernments at all levels are making efforts to achieve transportation benefits more efficiently without sacrificing quality or good planning. PerspectivesA regular column by APA's CEO, Paul Farmer. NewsCalifornia redevelopment, frac sand. Includes Web-Only interviews with planners in the mayor's office: Ralph Becker and Ron Littlefield. Legal NewsLocal fracking bans, mining. By the NumbersStatistics in the news, compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: anatomy of a pedestrian fatality. Ever GreenTimothy Beatley ponders the slow wood movement. LettersTaxing retail, open space. Planners LibraryTraffic engineering, transit for humans. MediaNew reports, blogs, videos, etc. ViewpointSolving the pension problem. Cover: In Portland, Oregon, streetcar (foreground) and light-rail lines intersect at several locations; photo by John Smatlak, RPR Consulting. Previous EditionsRead articles from past issues of Planning. Advertising OpportunitiesPlanning readers have an impact on purchasing Guidelines for ContributorsPlanning is published monthly by the American Planning Association. It offers news and analyses of events in planning (including suburban, rural, and small town planning, environmental planning, neighborhood revitalization, economic development, social planning, and urban design). Editorial ContactsEvery month thousands of people — professionals and interested laypeople alike — read Planning to learn how innovative planning programs and techniques are reshaping America's communities. Editorial Calendar2012 features special issues on transportation, rural America, and the National Planning Conference host city. Planning Through The YearsPlanning magazine, the flagship publication of the American Planning Association, keeps fresh through redesigns. | ||