PAS QuickNotes Archive

PAS QuickNotes are plain-language briefing papers that explain emerging trends, future-focused topics, and important tools. Each QuickNotes offers a concise overview of a timely planning topic for practicing planners, plus links to more resources for further reading.

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2022

Extended Reality for Planning (html | pdf)

Blockchain for Planners (html | pdf)

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (html | pdf)

2021

Design Thinking (html | pdf)

Urban Air Mobility (html | pdf)

Investment Crowdfunding (html | pdf)

Ghost Kitchens (html | pdf)

Planning With Foresight (html | pdf)

Urban Heat Resilience (html | pdf)

Climate-Resilient Pollinator Gardens (html | pdf)

Asset-Based Community Development (html | pdf)

2020

Gender Mainstreaming (html | pdf)

Artificial Intelligence (html | pdf)

Managing Shared-Use Micromobility (html | pdf)

Biophilia (html | pdf)

Gender-Inclusive Language (html | pdf)

Smart City Digital Twins (html| pdf)

2019

Inclusive Growth

Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Planning

Conservation Subdivision Design

Inclusive Planning Processes

Historic Preservation Planning

2018

Measuring Community Character

The Long-Range Transportation Plan

Transfer of Development Rights

Making Space for Student Housing

Corridor Planning

Public Art and Planning

2017

Planning and Fair Housing

Making Space for Tiny Houses

The Wildland-Urban Interface

Coping with Downtown Noise

Small-Lot Subdivision Design

2016

Planning to Support Small Businesses

Neighborhood Planning

Water Conservation Strategies

Sharing Planning Services

Ecosystem Services

2015

The Value of Planning

Local Control and Wireless Facilities Siting

Regulating Short-Term Rentals

Planning and Local Revenue Sources

Tactical Urbanism

Community Benefits Agreements

2014

Business Improvement Districts

Planning for Food Trucks

Managing Zoning Nonconformities

Using Online Tools for Public Engagement

The Local Comprehensive Plan

Parking Management

2013

Community CPTED

The Consistency Doctrine

Brownfield Redevelopment

Transforming the Built Environment in Support of Aging

Floodplain Management

Promoting Access to Free, Potable Water in Public Places

2012

The Farmland Protection Toolbox

Hiring a Consultant: RFQs and RFPs

Zoning Ordinance Variances

Planning for Urban Forest Benefits

Planning for Solar Energy

Conditional Uses

2011

Getting the Most Out of Staff Reports

The Five Strategic Points of Intervention

Integrating Hazard Mitigation into the Comprehensive Plan

Integrating Sustainability into the Comprehensive Plan

Integrating Health into the Comprehensive Plan

Development Impact Fees

2010

Food Systems Planning

Capital Improvements Programming

Environmental Justice and Land-Use Planning

Green Infrastructure

Universal Design

Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning

2009

Regulating On-Premise Signage

Accessory Dwelling Units

Tax Increment Financing

Planning for Transit-Oriented Development

Understanding Planned Unit Development

Low-Impact Development

2008

Climate Change and Energy

Understanding Takings

Transportation Planning

2007

Site Plan Review

2006

Conflicts of Interest for Planning Commissioners

Complete Streets

Zoning for Mixed Uses

Inclusionary Housing

2004

Form-Based Zoning

Planning and the Media

Public Notification of Land-Use Action