Entries tagged with Planning
Miami 21 Wins National Planning Excellence Award
January 18, 2011
Miami 21, the comprehensive planning blueprint for the City of Miami in the 21st century as envisioned by former Mayor Manny Diaz, received the American Planning Association's 2011 National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice. The profession’s highest honor recognized the sustainable and efficient development plan for the…
Lessons from Denver: Doubling Transit Ridership
October 20, 2009
Denver has nearly doubled its public transit ridership, despite the fact that planned light rail track additions have yet to be built. How?
Warren Karlenzig’s article notes these factors:
SPUR, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, is being celebrated as "the city's premier think tank" upon the opening of its new, very public building on Mission in the heart of San Francisco. Its aspiration is to the be the public hub of planning and policy… The Heart of a City's Thinking
May 30, 2009
Harriet Tregoning on the Green Dividend
January 30, 2009
Harriet Tregoning, head of the D.C. Office of Planning shares her insights on ways that cities can begin to think about capturing the Green Dividend.