American Planning Association
Episodes
People Behind the Plans: Commissioner Josina Morita
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface freshwater. When urban planner Josina Morita moved from California, where a mentality...
People Behind the Plans: Nina Idemudia, AICP
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During her upbringing in Detroit, Nina Idemudia, AICP, thought a lot about how the built environment influenced her life. She went on to discover plan...
Resilience Roundtable: Kim Mickelson, AICP
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the APA Podcast series Resilience Roundtable, Kim Mickelson, AICP, joins host Rich Roths, AICP, to discuss Hurricane Harvey f...
Resilience Roundtable: John Henneberger
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the new APA Podcast series, Resilience Roundtable, host Rich Roths, AICP, talks with planners and allied professionals who make resilience their mi...
People Behind the Plans: Mark de la Vergne
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is mobility? It’s simply the ability to get somewhere, says Mark de la Vergne, chief of mobility innovation for the Mayor’s Office in Detroit...
People Behind the Plans: Taryn Sabia
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience, civic infrastructure, participatory design — these topics and more play important roles in the work of Taryn Sabia. Taryn is the directo...
People Behind the Plans: Bob Becker, FAICP
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New Orleans’s City Park claims some impressive titles: At 1,300 acres, it’s the largest regional park in Louisiana, and it ranks as the most visit...
Planning the Autonomous Future: Episode 5 featuring Lisa Nisenson
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jennifer and Kelley pick Lisa Nisenson’s brain to find out why the founder of the startup Greater Places and advisor to Alta Planni...
People Behind the Plans: Kate Hartley
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Hartley laughs when talking about what could have been if she had chased a career in legal history, the academic path she started out on while at...
People Behind the Plans: Greg Lindsay
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney welcomes to the podcast Greg Lindsay, who visited Chicago in March for the 2018 National Shared Mobility Summit, and the two grapple with how...
Planning the Autonomous Future: Episode 4 featuring Rebecca Hunter and John Estrada
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer and Kelley sit down with Rebecca Hunter of Crown Castle and John Estrada of eTrans Systems to break down exactly how infrastructure relates t...
People Behind the Plans: Mitchell Silver, FAICP
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Silver, FAICP, thinks parks are more than just islands of green spaces — much, much more. As Commissioner of the New York City Department o...
People Behind the Plans: Kristin Saunders
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of People Behind the Plans, Courtney talks with Kristin Saunders, principal transportation planner with the City of Pittsburgh’s Dep...
Planning the Autonomous Future: Episode 3 featuring Jeff Tumlin
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of the APA Podcast series Planning the Autonomous Future, hosts Jennifer Henaghan and Kelley Coyner take stock of multiple autono...
People Behind the Plans: Jarrett Walker
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the ninth episode of the People Behind the Plans series, transit planner and author Jarrett Walker offers up his thoughts and musings on all things...
Planning the Autonomous Future: Episode 2 Featuring Corey Clothier
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the APA Podcast series Planning the Autonomous Future, hosts Jennifer Henaghan and Kelley Coyner hear about the ins and outs ...
People Behind the Plans: Doug Farr
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Series host Courtney Kashima, AICP, sits down with Doug Farr, a founding principle and president of Farr Associates and the author of Sustainable Nati...
Planning the Autonomous Future: Episode 1
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Planning the Autonomous Future" is a new podcast series from APA. The series explores the many ways in which autonomous vehicle (AV) technology will ...
People Behind the Plans: Joanna Trotter
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of People Behind the Plans, Courtney Kashima, AICP, interviews Joanna Trotter, Senior Program Officer for Economic and Community Devel...
People Behind the Plans: Eugenie Birch, FAICP
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Kashima, AICP, interviews Eugenie Birch, FAICP in this special World Town Planning Day edition of the "People Behind the Plans" podcast serie...
People Behind the Plans: Lynn Ross, AICP
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of People Behind the Plans, Courtney Kashima, AICP talks with Lynn Ross, AICP, Founder of Spirit for Change Consulting. Lynn discusses...
People Behind the Plans: Bev Wilson, AICP
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Courtney Kashima, AICP, talks with Bev Wilson, AICP, Associate Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of U...
Green Streets Health Impact Assessment
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Green Streets program is an initiative in Lawrence, Massachusetts with a goal of increasing vital tree cover throughout the community. Through col...
People Behind the Plans: Scott Page
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Courtney Kashima, AICP, talks with Scott Page, founder of Interface Studio in Philadelphia and a leader in developing unique and inno...
People Behind the Plans: David Fields, AICP
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the People Behind the Plans series, Courtney Kashima, AICP, chats with David Fields, AICP, at the 2017 National Planning Conf...
People Behind the Plans: Jamie Simone, AICP
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode in a new series that explores the business of planning for the built environment. Hosted by Courtney Kashima, AICP, planner ...
Disruptive Transportation Technologies: Interview with Andrew Salzberg from Uber
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
APA's Editor in Chief, Meghan Stromberg, interviews Andrew Salzberg, Head of Transportation Policy and Research at Uber. This interview is part of a s...
Disruptive Transportation Technologies: Josh Westerhold from Nissan's Future Lab
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
APA's Editor in Chief, Meghan Stromberg, interviews Josh Westerhold, Senior Manager of Nissan's Future Lab. This interview is part of a series about d...
Disruptive Transportation Technologies: An Interview with Zagster's Jon Terbush
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
APA's Editor in Chief, Meghan Stromberg, interviews Jon Terbush, Communications Manager from bike share company, Zagster. This interview is part of a ...
Previewing APA's Infrastructure Principles
17 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Jordan, APA's Director of Policy, interviews Kara Drane, AICP about APA's forthcoming set of principles that should guide a new federal infrastr...
Plan4Health: Delaware Coalition for Healthy Eating and Active Living
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Delaware Coalition for Healthy Eating and Active Living is working to include health and equity elements when updating comprehensive plans within ...
Plan4Health: Helena, Montana
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Karen Lane, Preventions Program Manager at Louis and Clark Public Health, about how the Healthy Communities Coalition is working to ...
Plan4Health: Pathways to Health in Tulsa County, Oklahoma
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Chad Call, Shared Use Specialist, and Luisa Krug, Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, both of the Tulsa Health Department on the Pathway...
Plan4Health: Active Transportation Community of Interest - Pierce County, Washington
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Kastor, The Active Transportation Community of Interest (AT COI) manager, discusses how the organization, through the Plan4Health coalition, seek...
Plan4Health: Tarrant County, Texas
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Fulmer, Executive Director of Healthy Tarrant County Colaboration, discusses how the Plan4Health coalition is helping to bring access to healthy...
Planner Profile: Courtney Kashima, AICP
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Planner Profile, APA interviews Courtney Kashima, AICP, Principal at MUSE Community + Design and President of APA's Illinois Chapte...
Plan4Health: Umatilla County, Oregon
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion about the work of the Plan4Health coalition in Umatilla County, Oregon with Jessica Nischik-Long, Executive Director at the Oregon Public...
Plan4Health: Thomas County, Kansas
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion about the work of the Plan4Health coalition in Thomas County, Kansas with Eldonna Chestnut, chair of APHA's Council of Affiliates, and Dr...
A Journey From Planning to Public Service: Interview with Jack Molenaar, AICP
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Molenaar, AICP, a transportation planner with more than 22 years of experience in both the public and private sector, give his perspective on bot...
Planning for Parks in Washington D.C.'s NoMa
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Washington D.C.'s NoMa neighborhood has seen a tremendous amount of rapid growth in the last decade and with no land set aside for parks and publicly ...
Planner Profiles: Miguel Vazquez, AICP
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
APA's Career Services Manager Bobbie Albrecht interviews Riverside, California planner, Miguel Vazquez, AICP on his planning career path, including ad...
Beyond Mobility: Transportation's Role In Achieving Community Outcomes
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mariia Zimmerman, Vice Chair of Regional Planning for APA's Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division interviews Stephanie Gidigbi, Director of...
The Streetcar Returns to Kansas City
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Elliott, Division Manager from the Department of Long Range Planning & Preservation for Kansas City, and David Johnson, Vice Chair at the Kansas ...
Building Coastal Resilience Through Capital Improvements Planning
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Schwab, AICP, APA's manager of the Hazards Planning Research Center interviews acting Director of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and Chad Be...
Tuesdays at APA: Finding Economic Value in Parks
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion on the Economic Impact of Parks nationally, and how Arlington County's Park Commission is using a recent economic impact study to help ma...
Plan4Health: Dane County, Wisconsin
12 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Steinhoff discusses Plan4Health and its role with the Capital Region Healthy Communities initiative in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Tuesdays at APA: Community Preference and Transportation Survey
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The discussion with Hugh Morris, AICP, LEED, manager of the Smart Growth Program for the National Association of Realtors focused on the results of th...
Green Stormwater Infrastructure - 2015 AICP Symposium
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded October 28, 2015 at the National Building Museum, Washington D.C. In urban areas, stormwater presents major challenges for water quality. Ru...
Plan4Health: Live Well Kingston (New York)
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
APA New York Metro Chapter President, James Rausse, AICP, discusses the "Live Well Kingston" coalition in New York.
Tuesdays at APA: Why Local Food Matters
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Get an overview of what we know about changing consumer demand and some of the drivers behind these changes in demand. Learn how the USDA Agricultural...
Plan4Health: Eastern Highlands Health District in Connecticut
04 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Small and rural planning and zoning commissions often have limited capacity. In response, the Eastern Highlands (Connecticut) Health District Communit...
Micro Placemaking with Macro Results: Designing DC's First Semi-Permanent Parklet
04 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In July, D.C.'s first seasonal parklet popped up along K Street's busy commercial district. Transforming two parking spots into a playful, interactive...
Great Public Spaces: The Santa Fe Railyard
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Santa Fe Railyard in Santa Fe, New Mexico was designated as a 2015 "Great Place in America" for the public space category by the American Planning...
Disaster Recovery Planning in Maui
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Schwab, AICP interviews James Buika from the Department of Planning for the County of Maui and Tara Owens from the University of Hawaii Sea Grant ...
Plan4Health: Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles in Boise
10 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Daren Fluke, AICP about the Idaho Plan4Health coalition.
Plan4Health: B-Well Bensenville
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with APA member and Bensenville, Illinois planner Victoria Benham about the "B-Well Bensenville" campaign which is part of APA's Plan4Hea...
KVMR Roundtable: Drought and Planning
31 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Roundtable discussion on water shortage and drought originally aired July 13, 2015 on KVMR Radio in Nevada City, California. Discussion participants i...
Tuesdays at APA: Source Water Protection in the 21st Century
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 As news arises of drought, harmful algal blooms, and chemical spills across the nation, we are regularly reminded of the need ...
Dutch Dialogues: An Interview with Dale Morris and David Waggonner
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
APA talks to Dale Morris, Senior Economist at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC and David Waggonner, president of Waggonner and Ball Arc...
Norfolk and 100 Resilient Cities
22 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday at APA DC: Linking Communities Together Through Innovative Regional Transportation Planning
08 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Linking Communities Together Through Innovative Regional Transportation Planning May 12, 2015 Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and regional...
Housing Equity and Healthy Housing Choices - 2014 AICP Symposium
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
2014 AICP Symposium - Originally Recorded on October 29, 2014 at the National Building Museum "Housing Equity and Healthy Housing Choices" Featuring...
Living With Water in the Big Easy: NOLA's Ride to Resilience
18 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, APA’s Emily Pasi talks with APA member Brad Klamer of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans about the actions the City of New...
Tuesdays at APA: Strengthening Local Capacity for Data-Driven Decision Making
13 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
February 24, 2015 This talk drew upon lessons from the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP), a collaboration of the Urban Institute an...
Green Lighting Municipal Broadband
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
APA interviews Rodger Lentz, AICP, Chief Planning and Development Officer for the City of Wilson, North Carolina and Will Aycock, General Manager of W...
Chicago's Historic Pullman
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Pointner, FAICP, former board member of the Historic Pullman Foundation in Chicago discusses the history of the Pullman neighborhood and its rece...
Tuesdays at APA: Supporting TOD in Metro Chicago
19 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Transit-oriented development (TOD) is defined by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) of Northeastern Illinois as m...
Tuesdays at APA: SymbioCity and the Planning of Hammarby Sjöstad
22 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Climate risks and sustainable growth are shared responsibilities — engineers, architects, planners, and developers are uniquely placed to improve th...
Private Capital, Public Good - The Daniel Burnham Forum on Big Ideas
07 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Private Capital, Public Good September 28, 2014 National Building Museum Washington, D.C. Featuring Guest Speaker Congressman John Delaney and a pan...
Tuesdays at APA: Principles to Guide the Future of Planning Practice
24 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
September 23, 2014 The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) projects a population increase of 1.96 million people and 1.24 million jobs in...
Tuesdays at APA: "Wetrofitting" Urban Neighborhoods
27 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
August 26, 2014 Until recently, climate change has correlated to polar bears and melting ice caps — heart rending, but safely distant. Yet climate-...
Tuesdays at APA: Front-Line Perspectives from APA's Community Planning Assistance Teams
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
July 22, 2014 APA's Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT) initiative provides pro-bono planning assistance to communities with a demonstrated nee...
Tuesdays at APA - Walkability: Fact or Myth?
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
June 17, 2014 Many contemporary conversations about sustainable design and development emphasize walkability. But, in terms of the potential effects ...
Tuesdays at APA: A Factory in Every Home? New Manufacturing Technologies and Metropolitan Spatial Development
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
May 20, 2014 Emerging manufacturing technologies, such as 3-D printing, promise to revolutionize the way things are made. Will they also revolutioniz...
Tuesdays at APA: Parking Management Strategies to Support Livable Communities
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
April 22, 2014 As one of the largest single land uses in our municipal "footprints," parking deserves more attention than is typically bestowed upon ...
Tuesdays at APA - Municipal Design Review in Metropolitan Chicago
19 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
March 18, 2014 Both theorists and practitioners see design standards as shaping the "look" of the community and built environment over the long run —...
Tuesdays at APA D.C. - The Missing Metric with Peter Katz
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Missing Metric March 4, 2014 With the multiple crises of municipal insolvency, climate change and citizen pushback against government regulation...
Tuesdays at APA: The Case for the Calumet National Heritage Area
26 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
February 25, 2014 The Calumet Region of Indiana and Illinois at the southern end of Lake Michigan has great ecological significance, cultural divers...
Tuesdays at APA - A Tale of Two Neighborhoods: The HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative in Action
31 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
January 28, 2014 The HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative employs a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation through the revitalization o...
Planning Chicago: An Interview with Authors Jon DeVries, AICP and D. Bradford Hunt
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Authors Jon B. DeVries and D. Bradford Hunt discuss the state of planning in the Chicago region and their book Planning Chicago.
Tuesdays at APA DC - Innovation in Sustainable Urban Housing: Four Case Studies in Latin America
14 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
January 7, 2014 For the past three years, APA has been working in Latin America to promote urban planning. The most recent grant from the U.S. Depart...
People and Places: AICP Symposium 2013
05 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration is woven into American history. But what about its future? Each year APA's professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Pla...
Tuesdays at APA DC - Complete Streets: Closing the Gap between Policy and Practice
02 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
November 12, 2013 Across the country, hundreds of communities have embraced Complete Streets policies as a way to foster safer streets that serve eve...
Tuesdays at APA: Plants, Paddles, and People - Creating Community through Green Infrastructure and Riverfront Development in Blue Island, Illinois
21 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
November 19, 2013 A growing number of cities across the country have begun to acknowledge their waterfronts as valuable community assets through plan...
Tuesdays at APA DC: Planning the Home Front - How the Lessons of World War II Apply to Today
04 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
October 22, 2013 The American mobilization for World War II is famed for its industrial production; less well known is that it was also one of the gr...
Tuesdays at APA: The Speculative City
29 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
October 22, 2013 Despite the planning profession's origins in visionary thinking about the future of our cities, many contemporary planning practitio...
Tuesdays at APA: Prioritizing Water Supply Planning in the Chicago Region
25 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 While the greater Chicago region has historically had access to ample fresh water, it can no longer assume that water sup...
Tuesdays at APA: How Well Do Comprehensive Plans Promote Public Health?
28 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Since 2010, the American Planning Association (APA) has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examin...
Tuesdays at APA: Emotions and Planning
28 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 The more planners engage in collaborative participation the more they should expect to find people making judgments about th...
Tuesdays at APA: Walter Reed Reuse Plan as an Urban Design Case Study
31 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center Reuse Plan provides the urban framework for 66.5 acres of land to be transferred to the District of Columbia follo...
Tuesdays at APA: Sex, Guns, and God! The 1st and 2nd Amendments and Local Regulation
25 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. Nevertheless, land uses that are dependent on...
Tuesdays at APA: The Purple Line Coalition in Suburban Maryland - Why TOD Is Not Enough
19 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Transit oriented development has become the holy grail of land use and transportation planners. The logic of concentrating both residential and commer...
Tuesdays at APA: Making Your Development Approval Process an Economic Development Tool
27 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
June 25, 2013 As we emerge from the Great Recession, communities with a predictable development review and approval process have a powerful competiti...
Tuesdays at APA: Planning Chicago (Reviving a Place for Planning in the City)
22 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a storied planning history, Chicago is no longer a city that plans with confidence and vision. Chicago lacks a city department with the name ...
Tuesdays at APA: Community Development Banking: What Your Bank Could Do to Support You
01 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The film It's a Wonderful Life grows more relevant every day as more American consumers lose the value in their homes and anonymous customer service c...
Tuesdays at APA: Just Green Enough - Contesting Environmental Gentrification
19 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While sustainability and green urbanism have become buzzwords in urban policy circles, too little analysis has focused on who gets to decide what gree...
Tuesdays at APA: Supporting Conservation as a Land Use
13 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Conservation has often been considered a non-use of land, what is left over when other human needs have been accommodated. More recently, the importan...
Tuesdays at APA: Bus Rapid Transit in Chicago
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In Chicago, 1.8 million trips are taken by transit per day, and more than half of these are by bus. However, because Chicago's congestion is the third...
Infrastructure Too Big to Fail: Interview with Professor Thomas O’Rourke
21 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Thomas O’Rourke, Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, spoke in July 2012 at the Natural Hazards Workshop in Br...
Tuesdays at APA: The Great Recession, Municipal Budgets, and Land Development
30 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
According to annual surveys by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the National League of Cities (NLC), cities have been eliminating jobs,...