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10/16/2025

Have you visited the Planetizen YouTube channel lately? Find a wealth of videos on key planning topics, issues of the day, and more.

Planetizen is the independent voice of the planning community, free from institutional or financial interests.

10/16/2025

How are federal actions impacting transportation, land use, and housing? Keep up with the latest with the new Planetizen Policy Tracker.

A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.

10/16/2025

Learn the principal components of “the useful walk,” how zoning can create walkability and boost housing density, and why visual components are key to a walkable city.

Jane Jacobs reminds us that “almost nobody willingly travels from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is ...

10/15/2025

Car culture kills.

And the way we talk about it matters.

From “accidents” to “traffic violence,” our words shape how we assign blame, design streets, and decide whose safety matters.
This new piece by Zvi Leve and Lo Sontag unpacks motornormativity - the mindset that normalizes harm and keeps car dependency invisible.

Read the full story on Planetizen.
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10/15/2025

Still struggling to learn planning jargon? The Planning Commissioner Training series can help.

Train planning commissioners online with ten courses on the essentials of citizen planning created in partnership with Michigan State University Extension.

10/15/2025

Thanks in part to recent zoning changes, a record number of office space is being converted to housing in the city’s former business districts.

Thanks in part to recent zoning changes, a record number of office space is being converted to housing in the city’s former business districts.

10/14/2025

People can't take the bus that never comes. https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/136163-more-buses-more-riders-case-frequent-transit

10/10/2025

Good transit isn’t just about moving people - it’s about making the ride worth taking.

In his latest column, Joshua Woods breaks down what makes transit actually good - and why the small details matter most.
Read “What Is Good Transit?” only on Planetizen.

10/10/2025

Los Angeles gets a bad rap in the planning world. But there are positive changes happening across the city. Check out our new video to learn more!

LA's problems are well known in the planning community, from bloated highways to the housing shortage to the less-than ideal track-record on TOD. But the cit...

10/09/2025

FREE COURSE ALERT: In Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?, Jeff Speck builds a case for walkability as a core value of city building, outlining its benefits in five key areas: economic, environmental, epidemiological, equity, and social cohesiveness.

Jeff Speck outlines five principal reasons to build walkable communities, which include:

10/09/2025

Vision Zero’s promise was simple: no deaths on our streets.

But nearly a decade later, traffic fatalities are rising - even in cities that pledged to end them.

In his latest Planetizen article, traffic engineer Wes Guckert makes the case that Vision Zero is still worth defending - if we can overcome funding gaps, policy silos, and a culture that prioritizes speed over safety.

Read the full story on Planetizen.