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April 2, 2021
Administration’s Bold Infrastructure Plan Holds Promise For Planners, But Questions Remain
Planners and communities are eager to see transformational infrastructure policy move forward in Washington. While President Biden's infrastructure plan offers much promise, there are also important questions that remain unanswered about support for planning-led solutions in any infrastructure package. -
March 11, 2021
Car Ownership Levels in America Follow Trends of Urban Street Griddedness
Uncovering JAPA: The grid system of American city streets has tangible implications for equity in mobility, public health, and environmental sustainability. -
January 26, 2021
Action Already Underway for 2021 Legislative Priorities
The beginning of the Biden administration and the 117th Congress have been marked with quick action on many of APA's top legislative priorities for 2021. -
January 7, 2021
A Framework to Strengthen Transportation Planning
Uncovering JAPA: Tackle uncertainty using a robust decision-making framework for transportation planning. -
November 12, 2020
Big, Open Data Offers New Tools for Transit-Oriented Development
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners use big, open data to look at transit-oriented development? -
October 29, 2020
A Driver's License Can Equal Carpooling, Safety, and Social Justice
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners make driving safer and make stronger arguments for carpooling? What if planners could also become advocates for immigrants at the same time? -
October 15, 2020
Changing Spaces Won’t Change Your Weight
Uncovering JAPA: Can making spaces more compact reduce obesity among young adults? It's not that simple. -
September 17, 2020
Demographics Key to Transit versus Ride-Hail Choice
Uncovering JAPA: Ride-hailing is overturning the transport industry, but what are the factors leading people to choose it over public transit? -
August 19, 2020
Centering Planning in the Federal Surface Transportation Debate
With the nation's current surface transportation law set to expire next month, APA Policy Director Jason Jordan explores the path to reauthorization legislation and the status of key planning priorities. -
July 16, 2020
Where the Future of Transportation Is Leading Planners
Uncovering JAPA: The future of transportation remains uncertain, but scenario planning may help. Explore where planners might be headed. -
June 4, 2020
A Simple Path to Sustainable Transportation
Uncovering JAPA: Shared autonomous vehicles will be part of the future, but do we need them to achieve sustainable transportation? -
May 27, 2020
A Necessary Paradigm Shift in How We Use Urban Space
What planning changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic will be interim fixes, and which will stay permanently? -
May 7, 2020
A "Wheely" Good Way to Save Commercial Corridors
Uncovering JAPA: How do we bring back the commercial corridor? In Toronto, the answer might be more bikes and fewer cars. -
March 26, 2020
Painting a Richer Picture of Older Adults' Mobility Needs
Uncovering JAPA: Interviews, focus groups, and walking audits can be added to statistics to help create a full picture of the mobility needs of older adults. -
September 5, 2019
Changing California's Way of Measuring Traffic Could Equal More Housing
Uncovering JAPA: Switching from Level of Service (LOS) measurement to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) could streamline the development process in California. -
August 22, 2019
No Eyes on the Street: City Officials and the Future of AVs
Uncovering JAPA: Cities have only dipped their toes in the water when it comes to regulating autonomous vehicles and their technology. -
August 2, 2019
Federal Surface Transportation Debate Shifts Into High Gear
The nation's current surface transportation law is set to expire on September 30, 2020. Learn where work on the bill stands now, the legislative process ahead, and how planners can influence the outcome. -
July 25, 2019
Ride-Hailing Could Boost Mobility Beyond Rich, Urban Areas
Uncovering JAPA: Ride-hail services are used by a wide range of people around Los Angeles, suggesting that they might provide increased mobility in rural, suburban, and low-income areas. -
May 13, 2019
Planners Adapt as Infrastructure Gets Smarter
Technology is changing the ways we commute and communicate. How is this evolution influencing the physical shared space around us and the way it is managed? -
October 11, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Missouri Uses Pop-up Traffic Calming Demonstrations
The Planners4Health initiative in Missouri addressed safety concerns by implementing traffic calming demonstration projects in sites across the state. -
June 28, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Creating a Sidewalk Without Building a Sidewalk in Maine
The Planners4Health project in Northern New England implemented a traffic calming demonstration in Gray, Maine, to engage planners and public health professionals in healthy design strategies. -
May 17, 2018
Complete Streets + Green Infrastructure = Vital Streets
The City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, revolutionized its approach to designing, maintaining, and using its streets over the past five years. A program called Vital Streets has been central to improvement and evolution of transportation in the city. -
April 23, 2018
Can Planners Get Ahead of the Autonomous Vehicle Wave?
Autonomous vehicles sessions continued to draw crowds on Monday at the 2018 National Planning Conference where more than 20 sessions on the topic are on offer. -
April 4, 2018
Blue Bikes in the Big Easy
Blue Bikes, New Orleans's bike share system, was launched in December 2017. With 700 bicycles and 70 stations installed or coming soon, Blue Bikes service area includes all of downtown and a broad swath of neighborhoods from the Lower Garden District to Bywater, from the Mississippi River to City Park. -
March 6, 2018
Transit a Focus of Next DOT Automated Vehicle Policy
The U.S. Department of Transportation held a listening summit in Washington to preview its AV 3.0 guidance set for a summer release date. -
February 6, 2018
Autonomous Vehicles: States Pave the Way
Technology is rapidly expanding our transit choices, and states are taking notice. What’s new for autonomous vehicles at the state level thus far in 2018? -
November 10, 2017
Transportation Is One Key to Livable Communities for All Ages
Transportation is highlighted in the first of a series of blog posts on APA's Plan4Health webinar and seminar on “Planning Livable Communities for All Ages." -
August 22, 2017
Plan4Health Success Story: Active Transportation Community of Interest
Through Plan4Health, the Puyallup Watershed Initiative’s Active Transportation Community of Interest in Pierce County, Washington, aimed to increase access to transportation options and educate the community. -
July 11, 2017
Congress Behind on FY 2018 Budget and Appropriations Work, Again
Congress moves on the Budget and Appropriations Process, but uncertainty still looms for Fiscal Year 2018. -
January 19, 2017
Michigan Joins Small Number of States With Self-Driving Car Laws
New state laws allowing for the testing of autonomous vehicles look ahead to the possibilities of the technology and the role of planning. -
December 27, 2016
Autonomous Vehicles Zoom into Public Imagination in 2016
The explosion of interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs) is one of the top planning stories of 2016. -
October 21, 2016
Keeping a Bike Plan in High Gear: Montgomery County's Public Engagement Plan
David Anspacher, lead planner for Montgomery County Planning Department's Bicycle Master Plan, explains how the department executed its long-term master plan. -
October 12, 2016
New Federal Grants Boost Transit Oriented Development Planning
Federal Transit Administration recently announced $14.7 million in new transit-oriented development (TOD) planning grants. This year’s funding supports 16 grants in cities and regions around the country. -
Change the Street, Change the World
Julián Castro and Janette Sadik-Khan explored the theme of ingenuity in communities at APA's 2016 Policy and Advocacy Conference. -
September 15, 2016
Slow Your Street: A St. Louis Traffic Calming Success Story
Less than a year after pop-up traffic calming demonstrations in the city of St. Louis, permanent infrastructure changes have been installed on neighborhood streets. -
September 14, 2016
Better Transportation Plans, Better Communities
Deron Lovaas of the Natural Resource Defense Council looks at what the Federal Highway Administration's proposal to incorporate Green House Gas performance measures in transportation plans could mean for planners. -
September 12, 2016
Smart City Challenge Winner Readies for Implementation
APA member Kathleen McMahon, AICP, goes behind the scenes with the City of Columbus, Ohio, to find out what's next for the Smart City Challenge winner. -
September 2, 2016
The Quaint Columbus Neighborhood That Is Ready to Get Smart
German Village may be known more for preservation than innovation, but Columbus’s Smart Cities grant has its leaders excited for the future. -
August 26, 2016
Enlightening Students Through the Built Environment: Active Transportation
The Built Environment Education Program (BEEP) in San Diego, led by Benjamin Martinez, educates its students on how street design and active transportation shape their communities. -
August 26, 2016
New Taxing Districts Access Federal Transit Funds for Chicago
Special transit tax increment financing districts have been created by Illinois to help assist in funding transportation improvements. -
August 15, 2016
Smart Cities, Smart Mobility
Planning for Shared Mobility, a PAS report from APA, brings together real-world examples of shared mobility policies and best practices from cities across the United States. -
July 6, 2016
Cities Subsidize Ride-Sharing to Boost Transportation Connections
The integration of ride-sharing services into municipal funding decisions holds the potential to be a low-cost way of boosting transportation investment and promoting regional integration. -
June 15, 2016
Automated Vehicles and the Next Great Transformation of the Built Environment
Researchers at Florida State University and the Florida Department of Transportation document how automated vehicles may transform the built environment in coming decades. -
June 7, 2016
Smart Cities: Behind the Scenes With Austin, Portland, San Francisco
This is the second of a two-part series on the plans behind DOT's Smart City Challenge. -
May 25, 2016
Aviation and Economic Development Equals Aerotropolis
An exploration of the impact of an aerotropolis as a tool for economic development, sustainability, and growth management. -
May 20, 2016
APA Staff Takes Part in National Bike to Work Day
APA staff share their thoughts on National Bike to Work Day and why supporting bicycle infrastructure is important. -
May 10, 2016
Inside Look: Grand Opening of KC Streetcar
For the first time in more than 50 years, streetcars are running along the streets of Kansas City. APA was on the ground for the grand opening to get the inside scoop. -
April 5, 2016
Running Roosevelt Row
An early-morning run down Phoenix's Roosevelt Row shows off the area's murals, bungalows, infill development, transit stations, and galleries. -
April 4, 2016
NPC16 Opening Keynote: The Future Is Sooner than You Think
Futurist Jack Uldrich delivered the opening keynote address at the 2016 National Planning Conference in Phoenix. -
March 22, 2016
Shared Mobility: A Complement to Public Transportation
A new report suggests that transit agencies should explore collaboration with ridesharing and bikesharing companies.
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