Planning Advisory Service
Planners have turned to the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) for information and innovation since 1949. PAS is APA's flagship research brand, with a suite of publications and curated content.
Pop Open the Toolbox
To build a stronger community, you need the right tools. APA members and PAS subscribers get a well-stocked toolbox, including:
- PAS Reports (quarterly)
- PAS Memo (bimonthly)
- PAS QuickNotes (bimonthly)
- PAS Essential Info Packets
PAS Reports
Practical Guides for Practicing Planners
Quarterly reports deliver authoritative guidance on trending issues and practices. APA members and PAS subscribers can download each new report as it is posted, and can download nearly 100 reports published since 1994. PAS subscribers also receive a print copy of each new PAS report.
Planning for Autonomous Mobility, the latest PAS Report, examines the opportunities and challenges AV technology brings and gives planners a roadmap for action.
PAS Memo
The Best Shoptalk Around
What's working in communities like yours? These bimonthly alerts bring you practical information from planners around the country facing the same challenges you are. APA members and PAS subscribers are connected to an archive of previous issues.
Read "Short Term Rentals: Regulation and Enforcement," the latest PAS Memo, for strategies and lessons learned from the City of New Orleans in navigating this contentious issue.
PAS QuickNotes
Handy Handouts on Hot Topics
Bite-size backgrounders make important planning issues easy for officials and the public to understand. They're ideal for public meetings, private briefings, and staff orientations. APA members and PAS subscribers can download and share each issue with citizens and commissioners in their — or their clients' — communities.
"Public Art and Planning," the latest PAS QuickNotes, introduces public art as a tool for placemaking and community engagement.
PAS Essential Info Packets
One Topic, One Stop
Each PAS Essential Info Packet is a roundup of resources on a single planning topic. They're packed with articles, plan excerpts, model codes, and regulatory examples. All titles in the PAS Essential Info Packets series are free to APA members and PAS subscribers.
Read "Planning & Zoning for Health in the Built Environment," the latest PAS Essential Info Packet, for essential background information and numerous examples of local regulations.
Historic PAS Reports
PAS published its first Information Report in 1949. Each month we present a new report from the archives.
The Open Space Net
Information Report No. 230, January 1968
This month's historic PAS Report calls for coordinated, continuous systems of urban open space for U.S. cities and explores how this could reshape neighborhood development.