Planning March 2010

Planning March 2010

Planning coverMichigan Revs Up for Diversity

Cars are no longer the only game in town. Corry Berkooz reports.

Sidebar: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Looking for Sunshine

Rhonda Phillips detects a ray of hope in the national economy. With a sidebar by Eric Bruun on stimulus funding.

Sidebar: How to Get Stimulus Funds on Track

Maryland's Second Generation of Smart Growth

Sandra Olivetti Martin asks what happened to this bright idea — in Planning Practice.

Essential Elements of Sustainable Design

An excerpt from a new APA Planners Press book explains the fundamentals of green urbanism. By Nathan Cherry and Kurt Nagle.

The Supermarket as a Neighborhood Building Block

Mark Hinshaw and Brian Vanneman redefine the notion of an anchor.

Taking It to the Street

A report from William Eubanks on the adventures of a group of consultants zipping around the South.

Perspectives

A bimonthly column by Paul Farmer, FAICP, APA's CEO and Executive Director.

News

Florida water pollution, transit rules.

By the Numbers

A monthly column on statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: automobiles.

Ever Green

Helping Haiti help itself.

Letters

Coastal counties, New Orleans.

Planners Library

Plan B, national parks.

Media

TOD online, blogs.

Up Close

Fritz Steiner.

Viewpoint

Diversity starts at home.

Cover: A farm outside Salisbury, Maryland. Photo by Ben Fertig.