Blogs

July 10, 2025

Lessons from Germany’s Urban Logistics Planning

Global Perspectives: Learn how Germany's logistics strategies, from regional planning to rural delivery via public transit, offer planners sustainable, equitable models to address land use, infrastructure, and demographic challenges.

October 29, 2024

Revitalizing a Stressed Neighborhood

Equity in Practice: Lewiston, Maine, is leveraging its Choice Neighborhood grant to improve existing and provide additional housing in the historic Tree Streets neighborhood, creating new opportunities for residents.

June 24, 2024

Mapping LGBTQ Sites of Historical Importance in Central Indiana

Equity in Practice: Indianapolis is working to include LGBTQ+ sites of historical significance into its broader preservation and educational frameworks.

January 12, 2024

Harnessing the Power of Patterns for Zoning Reform

Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Can pre-reviewed plans, pattern books, and pattern zones pave the way to broader missing middle housing reforms?

January 10, 2024

Creating Vibrant, Safe Streets

Equity in Practice: The City of Minneapolis elevated native culture and rebuilt trust by partnering with the Little Earth Residents Association and the Native Youth Arts Collective to improve the safety of 18th Avenue South.

December 6, 2023

The Continuing Evolution of Complete Streets

December 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the first official use of the term "Complete Streets," learn about key trends and influencing factors that will continue to shape the Complete Streets of the future.

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?

October 20, 2022

The Transgressive Urban Forest

Uncovering JAPA: Exploring a more radical conception of urban forestry.

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.

February 3, 2022

Recent Trends Around Zoning for Density

Uncovering JAPA: Understanding how major metropolitan areas have shifted their approach to zoning for density.

November 8, 2021

UPDATE: SCOTUS Case Doesn't Upend Sign Regulations

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas' off-premises sign regulations were permissible under the First Amendment.

September 30, 2021

Exploring Increased Density in Residential Neighborhoods

Uncovering JAPA: An experiment to determine if the number of people impact the quality of a public space?

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.

March 11, 2021

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 28, 2021

Early Research on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Density

Uncovering JAPA: Read some early research into whether density aggravates the COVID-19 pandemic.

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?

April 17, 2019

50 Years of Denise Scott Brown’s Vision for Socially Responsible Design

Uncovering JAPA: In 1969, architect Denise Scott Brown wrote in JAPA about the difficult balance between the urban designer's professional expertise and the public's desires. That discussion continues today.