Planning March 2011
Planning March 2011
Cannabusiness Comes to Town
Laws allowing medical marijuana have some unintended consequences. With a sidebar on prisons, casinos, and other LULUs. By Libby Sky Kaiser.
Sidebar: Saying 'Yes' to Other LULUs
Time to Recharge the Batteries
Some rural electrical cooperatives are flirting with renewable energy. A Planning Practice article by Allen Best.
Green Infrastructure Storms Ahead
Corry Buckwalter Berkooz reports on cities that are saving money — and the environment — through stormwater management. A Sustaining Places story.
Digital Billboards, Distracted Drivers
Jerry Wachtel explains how big electric signs are distracting drivers in new ways.
Traffic Accidents Don't Just Happen ... They're Caused!
Want to reduce crashes? Raymond Heinrich says the key is to change visual cues.
Stream Measures
Cleaning up a dirty creek means a lot more than picking up the trash. Kristina Casagrand reports.
Perspectives
A regular column by CEO Paul Farmer.
News
Congressional cost cutting, Everglades levee.
Legal News
LED signs, pesticide drift.
By the Numbers
Statistics in the news, compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: locally unwanted land uses.
Ever Green
An interview with Jeremy Rifkind.
Letters
Bus rapid transit, tunnel funding.
Planners Library
Post carbon planning, economic development.
Media
New reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Viewpoint
Census surprises.
Cover art: Fort Bragg, California. Photo by Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman of the Coastal Resources Project.