Planning April 2020
Planning April 2020
E-commerce Trends Transforming Planning
Drones, delivery bots, and AI — e-commerce trends are rapidly emerging. In April's Planning magazine, find out what these changes can mean for land-use and infrastructure planning. The new generation of fast food is replacing the standard car-centric prototype. What's driving this trend, and is it here to stay? New coding technologies can help solve planning challenges ranging from internal processes to visualizations.
Featured Articles
Is Fast-Food Through With Drive-Thrus?
A new generation of fast-food restaurants is replacing the familiar car-centric prototype. What's driving this trend, and is it here to stay? Brian Barth reports.
Up to Code
Coding technology is providing new, more efficient solutions to planning challenges. Story by Jake Blumgart. PLUS: Get started with these three programming languages.
Primed for Deliveries
Planning for e-commerce is more than figuring out how goods get delivered. Planner Lisa Nisenson explores how emerging trends and technologies are signaling big changes for land-use and infrastructure planning. PLUS: Allons-Y! Land-Use Plans for Freight in Paris.
Intersections
When the Show Can’t Go On
A backstage pass to a new festival in Virginia Beach, and a look at why community gatherings will be even more important after COVID-19.
The Countdown to Cash
Local planners around the country are working to reach their hardest-to-count populations to secure federal resources.nd without an accompanying sale or lawsuit.
States Won't Wait for Disasters Anymore
Lawmakers across the country are calling for huge investments now to mitigate the effects of disasters later.
School Planning Is Community Planning
Saralee Morrissey: "[W]e need to encourage intergovernmental collab
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