featured Articles
Collaborative, sensory-based community engagement for a more equitable bike/pedestrian environment
By John Kamp and James Rojas, July 5, 2019. When Palo Alto’s California Avenue bicycle and pedestrian underpass was built more than 50 years ago beneath the Caltrain tracks, it was intended to solve one problem: allow pedestrians and bicyclists to safely pass from one side of the tracks to the other. The tunnel’s designers never foresaw that bicycling would ultimately skyrocket — today…
Should we build cities from scratch?
People have been building new cities from scratch for millennia. When countries rise up, when markets emerge, people build new…
The students pushing Stanford to build more housing
By Jared Brey, NextCity, June 13, 2019. This article, originally published in Next City, is republished in entirety, with permission….
What’s inside
This issue has three featured articles, two “Where in the world” photos, four items related directly to Northern Section APA…
Northern Section News & Announcements
HCD awards millions to Northern Section cities for infill infrastructure
Who’s Where
A woman’s place is in the city
General Plan Guideline alert: Environmental Justice
AICP | CM: Covid Conversations with APA New York Metro Chapter and PLANRED, Chile
4 International experts on ZOOM: Cal Poly SLO CRP’s Spring 2020 series
Earn required CM credits by viewing July’s law seminar
Graduating into a pandemic-afflicted world
Director’s note
pLANNING nEWS rOUND uP
where in the woRLD? MEMBERS SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM NEAR AND FAR

