Planning May 2015

In This Issue:

Vision Zero aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities. Jay Walljasper reports.

Cities flourish with reduced parking requirements — as Brian Canepa and Joshua Karlin-Resnick explain in Planning Practice.

Donald Shoup makes a pitch.

Jon Davis reports on efforts to rejigger the federal gasoline tax. Sidebars by Tina Quigley (on Nevada) and Chris Clair (on Oregon).

Be ready, says Erick Guerra; it may happen soon.

"Attention: The Age of Automation Is Right Ahead" by Chris Tramutola.

It's a viable way to fund freight infrastructure, note Keith Bucklew and Peter Ogonowski. Sidebar by Kip Strauss, Gretchen Ivy, and Joe Blasi.

A regular column by Executive Director James M. Drinan.

Municipal broadband, greener airports.

Drones.

Reid Ewing discusses sustainable zoning.

Immigrant nation.

Lessons from Sandy, urban landscapes.

Celebrity culture meets planning culture.

Conversation with If/Then playwright Brian Yorkey.

Cover: Illustration by Joan Cairney, Thinkstock/Getty Images.

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