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May 12, 2023
Opening the Policy Window for Bike Lanes in Sydney
Uncovering JAPA: Learning to leverage policy windows by committing to evidence-based solutions and political coalition-building. -
March 10, 2023
What's in a (Street) Name?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How do street naming and addressing regulations affect planning goals? -
February 2, 2023
Expanding the Benefits of Ride-Hail to Lower-Income Households
Uncovering JAPA: Ride-hails are filling mobility gaps, but does the cost hinder use? -
January 26, 2023
Understanding the Diverse Perceptions of Covid-era Street Schemes
Uncovering JAPA: How enduring is the support for outdoor dining and street closures post-COVID? -
December 22, 2022
Removing Freeways and Healing Communities
Equity in Practice: The economic and community outcomes of removing Milwaukee's Park East Freeway. -
November 10, 2022
It’s Time to Rethink Disparity Analyses in Transportation
Uncovering JAPA: The comparison between sufficiency and disparity analysis helps demonstrate how disparity analyses may do more harm than good if planners do not contextualize their findings. -
October 20, 2022
The Transgressive Urban Forest
Uncovering JAPA: Exploring a more radical conception of urban forestry. -
October 13, 2022
Is Your Zoning Ready for the EV Surge?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Your zoning code could probably be doing more to facilitate the transition to electric vehicles. -
Implementing Transit Value Capture Schemes More Equitably
Uncovering JAPA: What can transit value capture teach us about the intersection of entrenched segregation and transportation planning? -
From Data Point A to Zero Crashes, and All the Complexities in Between
Sponsored content from INRIX X GM. Vision Zero is right around the corner. The data exists, the processes and tools are in place, and now it’s up to us to drive it all forward. -
July 7, 2022
Using Forecasting Models to Predict Foot Traffic
Uncovering JAPA: A new forecast model and methodology help planners to estimate foot traffic along streets. -
June 23, 2022
Ensuring "Open Streets" Plans Advance Social Equity
Uncovering JAPA: Pandemic-created open streets can be a lifeline, but also exacerbate inequities without careful implementation. -
May 19, 2022
Learning from London’s Transition to Sustainable Modes
Uncovering JAPA: Learning from London's transition to sustainable transportation modes. -
April 28, 2022
The Built Environment, Bicycling, and Mental Wellbeing
Uncovering JAPA: Exploring the impact of the built environment and mental wellbeing of bicycling as a form of transportation. -
March 24, 2022
Do Light Rail Stations Spur Gentrification?
Uncovering JAPA: Researchers explore the gentrification impacts of light rail stations. -
March 17, 2022
Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform
Uncovering JAPA: What role does partisanship play in transportation reform? -
March 15, 2022
From Mobility Hubs to Mobility-Oriented Development
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: What are mobility hubs? And how can planners use zoning and other land-use and development regulations to support mobility-oriented development? -
March 10, 2022
Connecting Destinations through Pedestrian-Oriented Design
This blog post provides an overview of pedestrian-oriented design as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
February 10, 2022
The Cost of Avoiding Public Transit During COVID-19
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the burden on individuals who avoided public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
January 20, 2022
Driving Change Through Parking
Uncovering JAPA: A look if removing minimum parking requirements shift development trends in cities and reduce car-dependence in the long run? -
January 13, 2022
Location Impacts on When Older Adults Stop Driving
Uncovering JAPA: This study looks at if location determines how and when older adults may stop driving. -
November 18, 2021
Assessing Who, Where, and Why Individuals Walk
Uncovering JAPA: The 'Planners' Circles' or walksheds need to be customized to take into account trip purpose and who is walking. -
September 9, 2021
Measuring the Causal Impact of Plans on Development
Uncovering JAPA: The impact of plans on development. A case study of Seattle and San Francisco. -
August 16, 2021
Basing Transportation Policies on Accessibility
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding how to assess if a planning initiative improves accessibility. -
August 4, 2021
Pro-Planning Infrastructure Bill Poised to Clear Senate Hurdle
Planners' infrastructure priorities will hit an important milestone later this week (August 4, 2021) when the Senate passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill. -
May 6, 2021
Ridership Forecasts Should Do More Than Go With the Flow
Ridership forecasts predict the future, but this Uncovering JAPA post explains their past. -
April 29, 2021
New Towns and the Struggle for Work-Life Balance
Uncovering JAPA: In Hong Kong, building new towns requires strategic spatial planning to maintain a healthy work-life balance. -
April 19, 2021
Shaping the Future of Municipalities Through Investment in Shared Spaces
Massachusetts' Shared Streets and Spaces grant program offers a look at improving quality of life by investing in public spaces. -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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