When a bypass leads to dramatic change in local traffic patterns, Stantec’s Mike Rutkowski leads a charrette-based planning process to help Rolesville, NC residents re-envision their main street.
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Webinar Recording: Equity and Mobility in Design
Watch Ryan Martinson's presentation on the role equity plays in our built environment and discuss approaches we can to take to integrate equity into our transportation systems
The science of wayfinding—a formula to increase transit ridership
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What is a smart city? And how can we avoid getting the "Betamax version"?
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Published: Trends in Urban Planning - What’s on the horizon for our cities?
General Manager of Urban Planning & Environmental Services Tom Young discusses four emerging trends in urban planning for the Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand
Microtransit series (Part 2): Key considerations when integrating on-demand service
Before looking at private partners, take a hard look at current operations, fixed-service routes, and stakeholder communication
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Microtransit series (Part 1): Technology helps cities meet demand for accessible transit
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Mentioned in Forbes: Driverless Cars Will Dramatically Change Where And How We Live
Our Urban Places team member, Jason Schrieber, shares insights on current driverless vehicle capabilities and work on the city-level to start planning for the impacts on our communities.
Counting every space: What parking inventories tell us about cities
Our planners and mobility experts offer three unique perspectives on the untapped opportunity in our parking lots, garages, and streets
Wildfire recovery: Creating a resilient home for outdoor education from ashes
Brianna Daniels helps to rebuild a California Boy Scout camp devastated by wildfire—and discovers her most memorable project
Webinar Recap: Complete Streets in Canada feat. Ryan Martinson
Smart Growth America's Heather Zaccaro posted a highlights recap of the Complete Streets in Canada webinar
Webinar: Complete Streets in Canada - featuring Ryan Martinson
Smart Growth America's webinar "Complete Streets in Canada" features our active transportation specialist Ryan Martinson
Equity in the Transportation System - A bridge we can cross together
Ryan Martinson discusses equity as it pertains to transportation professionals and the design of transportation systems
What if your neighborhood could make you healthier?
The WELL Community Standard equips planners to build health promotion into the very fabric of neighborhoods
Achieving NEPA Assignment—4 ways the right consultant is critical to reaching this goal
NEPA Assignment offers many benefits to a state agency, but how can you prepare for the application, execution, and implementation?
EcoDriving can save you time, money, and effort—all while reducing your carbon footprint
Take a sneak peek at our ecoDriving course from the intern who helped update it
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