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Jeff Levine, AICP, is an urban planner with over 25 years’ of professional experience. Currently, Levine is the owner and principal of Levine Planning Strategies, a consulting firm that specializes in bridging the gap between the development community and city planners, while also teaching housing and economic development planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Woonerf. The woonerf, a type of road design that encourages multimodal transportation and blends pedestrian and vehicle space, was born as a reaction to the car-centric development that began dominating American and European city planning in the mid-twentieth century.

The Planning Commissioner Training series from Planetizen Courses offers ten courses on the essentials of citizen planning—everything from planning ethics, comprehensive plans, site plans, approval processes, planning law, zoning, and the essential role of the public in planning.

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2024年1月9日 · Whether it’s getting to work, home, school, or leisure activities, the way people travel is changing. With increased congestion and limited transit, people’s choices have grown from simply taking their car or selecting a bus or train route.

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2024年10月11日 · The planning world is becoming younger, more diverse, and more media-savvy — and the ways we consume information are changing. While many of us turn to podcasts and TikTok for recipes, true crime, and cat videos, new media platforms like these also offer a wealth of important information on planning issues and discourse about how …

2023年6月22日 · Planetizen publishes the top 25 master’s programs in planning in the Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (Guide), currently in its 7th Edition.. Topping the Top 25 for the first time is the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of California, Los Angeles, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; the ...

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