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Planning for Shared Mobility
PAS Report 583by: Adam Cohen, Susan Shaheen July 26, 2016In the "shared economy," short-term transportation access is on a roll. What are the rules of the road for these new services? This PAS Report looks at how a nation of movers and sharers is shaping local plans and policies.List price$0.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Downtown Revitalization in Small and Midsized Cities
PAS Report 590by: Michael BurayidiDemographic shifts and growing interest in walkable, convenient urban experiences have put a spotlight on city centers. This PAS Report shares strategies that have proved successful in transforming the downtowns of small and midsized cities.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Equity-Oriented Performance Measures in Transportation Planning
PAS Memo — March/April 2020Planners are now more clearly recognizing the impacts of a half-century of inequitable, auto-oriented planning as well as the outcomes resulting from structural racism. To rectify current inequities, which are a legacy of many years of cumulative decisions, planners must work proactively to improve communities that have historically experienced disinvestment and negative impacts. -
Living With Landslides
Rural mountain communities plan for the inevitable.October 01, 2017Western planners have choices to make in dealing with the aftermath of spring landslides and floods that followed drenching winter rain. -
The Double-Edged Sword of Preemption
It can keep special interests from grabbing control — or throw gasoline on local battles. What matters to communities is how it’s wielded.November 01, 2019The value of any particular preemptive law is a matter of debate, but preemption is on the rise and there are distinct trends in how it is being applied nationally. -
Coliving: An Old Idea Is New Again
Zoning Practice — November 2022This issue of Zoning Practice defines and describes coliving and its benefits, distinguishes coliving from other similar land uses, and identifies barriers to the production of purpose-built coliving communities. It then provides recommendations for changes to local zoning codes to accommodate and encourage coliving. -
Doing Public Participation Better
Zoning Practice — September 2024This issue of Zoning Practice recounts some key flaws of typical public participation processes and, more importantly, proposes some solutions. Some of the proposals described here can be adopted and implemented by city, town, and county staff and commissioners. Others will require changes to state enabling legislation. -
A New Direction for Natchez
A struggling Southern city with a racially divided past takes a big step to create prosperity for all.Natchez, Mississippi, vigorously engaged the public — including the city's African-American majority — in the creation of its new master plan. Three focus areas and the downtown are the targets for physical and economic revitalization. -
Parking Price Therapy
The High Cost of Free Parking diagnosed the malady and prescribed a treatment. Parking and the City examines how it worked.An excerpt from the new book, Parking and City, takes a look at changes in parking policies since 2005 when The High Cost of Free Parking was published. -
Using the Housing and Transportation Affordability Index in Your Community
PAS Memo — November/December 2011Since CNT began releasing data for public use in 2008, a diverse group of people and organizations has used the Housing and Transportation Affordability Index (H+T) for a wide variety of planning and policy applications. H+T data helps those seeking homes make more-informed location decisions and budget better for the transportation costs of a home's location. -
Preserving Manufactured Home Communities
PAS Memo — September-October 2020Despite the desirability of manufactured housing for many homeowners and the contribution of this unsubsidized affordable housing stock to communities, a variety of factors threaten MHCs with transformation or loss. Though some new MHCs continue to be established in some regions, anecdotally, loss is the bigger trend. -
Fair Housing at 50
We’ve had a half-century to fulfill this promise. How have we done?April 01, 2018Half a century after the Fair Housing Act was passed, can the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule get the U.S. closer to the goal? -
21st Century Smokestacks
Redeveloping a Pennsylvania steel plant.October 01, 2015Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, works to redevelop the largest privately-owned brownfield in the United States. -
The Geography of Loss
GIS and planning have joined the fight against the opioid epidemic.Geographic Information Systems are a new tool for planners and others who have joined the struggle against the opioid crisis. -
Is Midtown the New Detroit?
A turnaround may be in the works.July 01, 2015Lauded as the example of a failed city, Detroit has endured its fair share of bad PR. Its midtown neighborhood's resurgence over the past decade can be traced to committed planners who did not give up. -
Putting a Cap on Parking Requirements
A way to make cities function better.May 01, 2015Parking guru Donald Shoup makes the case for parking caps. -
A Need for Speed
Communities must plan for high-speed broadband or risk getting left behind.October 01, 2017Broadband has become as necessary as electricity, and local planners have several roles to play in bringing the technology to their communities. -
Infrastructure of Opportunity
After decades of growth and investment, Chattanooga is looking to develop another critical asset — its people — by taking a hard look at education.July 01, 2017Of all the various investments and strides Chattanooga has made, there's one gaping hole: developing its human infrastructure. -
Connecting the Dots
Linking bike share with transit — while considering equity issues — requires a big-picture approach.April 01, 2017Bike share is on the rise because it's an attractive option for cities looking to meet health and sustainability goals. -
Here Comes the Sun
Community solar, or shared solar, is growing nationwide as a means of giving people a local source of solar energy, even if they don’t own a home.March 01, 2017Community solar power installations are growing across the U.S., improving access for low-income housing residents. -
Bikes Across America
It is a rare breed of person who completes a bicycle ride across the country.November 01, 2016The U.S. Bicycle Route System will eventually include more than 50,000 miles and run through all 50 states and most major metropolitan areas. -
TDR-Less TDR Revisited: Transfer of Development Rights Innovations and Gunnison County's Residential Density Transfer Program
PAS Memo — May/June 2010Transfer of Development Rights programs do not lend themselves to cookie-cutter approaches. A TDR-less TDR program, like Gunnison County's RDT program, is not necessarily ideal for every community. Each community must evaluate its circumstances and goals and find the right combination of traditional and innovative features. -
Tiny Houses: Niche or Noteworthy?
These darling dwellings have gotten a lot of attention, but their fanatic followers just might be on to something.February 01, 2016Tiny houses of less than 500 square feet are growing in popularity. -
Pot Report
Highs and lows in the wake of legalization.July 01, 2015This article provides an analytical look at municipalities different approaches to legalized marijuana, and considers whether there may be a better plan out there. Erick Mertz conducts a Q &A with Tom Towslee, the acting director of communications for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission about that state's recently passed legalization legislation.
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