Much of our public space is dedicated to transportation uses like roadways and bridges and is often underutilized. Learn how to transform this into vibrant space centered on local culture, now serving as an asset for users of all ages.

Electric vehicles are a hot topic, but is your community ready to support them? Our panel of experts turn your battery "range anxiety" into "range confidence" with real world case studies and planning approaches to enhance sustainability and equity.

In planning, city digital twins can be used for experimentation and simulation, to test policy options, to enhance cross-departmental collaboration, and to improve community engagement. Learn how to get started with examples from Columbus, Georgia, and Boston.

The 2010 U.S. census, there is roughly 75% of Native people live in cities. This shift has been influenced by the Relocation Act of 1950 and other relocation programs. The B.I.A. expanded funding to recruit Indigenous people to relocate off-reservations.

We already know the technical solutions to climate change but are caught in a loop of constant analysis to identify the “perfect” local actions. This presentation explores how strategies can be pursued locally and how to prioritize action.

Integrating climate science into local planning practice can help communities adapt to changing conditions. When combined with equity considerations, adaptation planning prepares communities for greater extremes, including flooding. Learn about practices to equitably implement climate change adaptation planning.

Communities are facing acute infrastructure needs to provide safe and reliable transportation with limited public funding available. It is critical for planners and local authorities to understand the procedures and approaches for securing and leveraging federal support to make changes.

In order to provide a way to coordinate planning initiatives between its member municipalities. A solution called the Regional Data Platform to support local and regional workflows among planning professionals in the region.

View five technological advancement examples designed to emphasize the use of international smart technology in planning.

With the unprecedented levels of federal, private and philanthropic funds currently available, how does one create a grant program that not only makes awards but genuinely supports projects with catalytic impact, and ensures those projects are completed successfully?

Removing or preventing a highway in a city is often a fight – and never a fair one! Learn the language of highway removal, tactics used by state DOT’s and how to present winning arguments, and available resources.

Digital tools are finally coming of age and making a difference in planning. These tools enable planners to become even better storytellers while providing compelling, data-rich cases to audiences and stakeholders. See these tools in action from real world projects.

Digital Twins — digital representations of the built environment that can be augmented with real-time information flows — are an emerging tool that holds great promise for the practice of planning. But developing an effective Digital Twin requires starting with the fundamentals: what, why, and how. In this webinar, you’ll learn about the benefits, standards, and capabilities of Digital Twins, illustrated by uses & case studies.

Planning for diversity and inclusion requires intentional efforts to dismantle systems of oppression and advance liberation and self-determination. This course equips planners with concepts and skills to perform inclusive and equitable planning and work effectively in diverse communities.

The Johnston Town Center, a public-private partnership opened August 2021, facilitated by city led acquisitions and investments in a vibrant “downtown” gathering space with public amenities/art, surrounded by thriving commercial businesses.

Arts and planning has a new Federal Government champion with a big and bold vision.

Learn the elements of an effective and equitable economic development initiative, how to successfully engage community members and partner organizations, and best practices for establishing feasible and achievable benchmarks to evaluate your initiative's effectiveness.

California passed AB686 as the statewide framework to AFFH; to promote inclusive communities, further housing choice, and address racial and economic disparities through government action. Hear CA staff, local planners, and advocates discuss implementing AFFH, common pitfalls, and best practices.

As in previous years, the 2024 Trend Report features a list of over 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that the APA Foresight team, together with our Trend Scouting Foresight Community, identified as relevant to planning. The trends are structured within three timeframes (Act Now, Prepare, Learn and Watch), which indicate the urgency of planners’ action.

This webinar will explore key skills needed to integrate empathy and compassion in planning practice. It will focus on deepening planners' awareness of and practice of skills that support them in honoring their own identity (and stories) while also respecting and valuing the varied identities, stories, and experiences of the community, leading to relationships that can advance equitable and sustainable planning.

Georgia Tech's urban design studio partners with 2 Presbyterian churches, a Baptist Church, and a Synagogue to conduct deep-dive explorations into opportunities, challenges, and realities that communities of faith face when they get involved in the City’s affordable housing scene.

Equity! Inclusion! Antiracism! These are the ingredients of progressive place-based efforts. Learn how three distinct organizations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia are developing their equity practice for place-based initiatives in one of the most diverse regions in the country.

During this unprecedented pandemic, forgotten urban neighborhoods suffered disproportionately – a stark reminder that cities aren’t fair. Can we continue planning for communities-of-color using pre-pandemic models? Trenton and Philadelphia in partnerships with respective medical institutions demonstrate a new way.

Five presentations on innovative equity- and social justice-oriented projects: gendered experiences in public spaces in Islamabad, collaborations to support international students, housing and cities so 'no one is left behind', map tools as community engagement, and green space in informal settlements.

Master reflective processes that support ethical action in turbulent times. This course focuses on the interface between professional behavior and the outcomes and effects of planning actions, and how the AICP Code of Ethics can ground your transformational work.

Ethics Begins With Equity. Learn how equity and ethics are intertwined, particularly in the Code of Ethics Aspirational Principles, and how planners can practice equity and follow the Ethics Code in their everyday work.

Ethics is at the core of the certified planner's professional obligation to serve the public interest. Learn from a half-dozen real-life ethics case studies focused on current ethical issues faced by planners.

Learn about current topics in planning ethics from members of the AICP Ethics Committee and the Ethics Officer. Understand how the new Code of Ethics was implemented in its first year. The updated Code of Ethics reemphasizes the commitment to equity and inclusion, to opposing harassment, and to preventing the misuse of the AICP credential.

Working outside the US can present planners with unique ethical questions. Planners will discuss how they should act in situations where the ability of people to effectively participate in the planning process is inhibited by local governments, institutions, or cultures.

Planners have a responsibility to bridge the gap between urban forestry, planning, and equity. Learn how to leverage new spatial technologies so that all residents can benefit equally from a healthy and vibrant tree canopy.