APA News Podcast for March 2009

Digital billboards, smart career moves in a down economy, and a new book about traffic calming from APA's Planners Press.

Also: Carol Rhea, AICP, makes the upcoming National Planning Conference in Minneapolis a family affair, and Mike Wyatt talks about a canoeing mobile workshop on Minnehaha Creek.

Learn more about subjects discussed in this podcast:

Digital signs in Planning magazine

Career planning at the National Planning Conference

APA Customer Service

APA's PlanningBooks.com

Minnehaha Creek mobile workshop at the National Planning Conference

Carol Rhea's conference two-for-one

Transportation Funding with Michael Lind

Broadcast APA sat down recently with Michael Lind, the Whitehead Senior Fellow and policy director for the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation.

In the interview, Lind talks about the major challenges the U.S. faces in funding infrastructure and transportation projects. Lind will also speak on these topics at this year's APA National Planning Conference in Minneapolis in April.

The New America Foundation

Lind's Session at the APA Conference

Tuesdays at APA

Select Tuesdays at APA presentations are available as podcasts.

Tuesdays at APA podcasts

Authors & Experts

Planning the Urban Forest

Listen as urban forestry experts discuss the importance of establishing and maintaining an urban forestry program. This podcast features the report's general editor, Jim Schwab, AICP, American Planning Association; Cheryl Kollin, American Forests; Jim Skiera, International Society of Arboriculture; and Phillip Rodbell, USDA Forest Service.

The High Cost of Free Parking

Donald Shoup, professor of urban planning at UCLA and author of "The High Cost of Free Parking," talks about how free parking distorts transportation choices, warps urban form, and degrades the environment--and suggests sensible policy alternatives.

True Urbanism

Mark Hinshaw has a proposition for Americans: Come out of your bunkers, throw open the gates, and meet the neighborhood. Hear Hinshaw, author of the APA Planners Press book True Urbanism, talk about what cities can do to encourage vibrant, unpredictable urban neighborhoods.