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 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 Infrastructure Resilience, the latest PAS Report, helps planners ensure that today’s public investments yield infrastructure ready to withstand the rising seas and greater storms of climate change.
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 "Planning for a Resilient Retail Landscape," the latest PAS Memo, for insights on current retail realities and strategies to help ensure a more resilient local retail landscape for your community.
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.
"Historic Preservation Planning," the latest PAS QuickNotes, highlights the potential benefits of historic preservation and summarizes how local officials and planners can create and implement a local historic preservation strategy.
Historic PAS Reports
PAS published its first Information Report in 1949. Each month we present a new report from the archives.
The Planning Commission as Viewed by Planning Directors
Information Report No. 200, July 1965
This month's historic PAS Report shares planning directors' thoughts on who makes the best planning commissioners and what makes the best planning commissions.
Subscribe to PAS
Organizations that subscribe to PAS receive one print copy of each new PAS Report, and staff members of these organizations have online access to PAS Reports, PAS Memo, PAS QuickNotes, and APA's Research KnowledgeBase. APA members also have online access to PAS publications and the Research KnowledgeBase.