Planning May/June 2011

In This Issue:

Will East Coast ports grab more market share after the Panama Canal is widened? Jeff Spivak sails into the fray.

The debate over revamping I-70 reflects what's happening nationally. Allen Best is on the scene.

Sidebar: Meanwhile, on I-80

Automobile-crazy Oklahoma City rebuilds its downtown around pedestrians and cyclists, Jeff Speck reports. A Sustaining Places story.

Corry Buckwalter Berkooz and Laetitia Dablanc explain how European cities manage their urban freight deliveries.

Young Americans are embracing trains and buses — because technology makes public transit the cool way to go. By Joseph Schwieterman.

Darrin Youker rides bus rapid transit — in Planning Practice.

Earthquake responses, San Francisco subway.

Plat denial, medical marijuana.

Statistics in the news, compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: transportation.

Tim Beatley explores San Francisco's Nature in the City program.

Clarifying APA's position on RLUIPA, digital billboards.

Urbanism will save us, dead-end highway.

News reports, blogs, videos, etc.

The highly effective planner.

Cover art: Gatun Locks, Panama Canal. Photo courtesy Panama Canal Authority.

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