The Goodspeed Update

Today for the first time in my adult life, I biked to work. My 2 mile commute from Shaw to Georgetown makes for an ideal bike commute distance. However, I usually take the G2 bus across P Street which usually takes 30 to 45 minutes since I get off at P and 30th Street […]

This post is Part 4 of my public participation in urban planning series, adapted from my urban planning final paper, Citizen Participation and the Internet in Urban Planning
While the Internet makes possible new types of interactions between citizens and government, the purpose and structure of these interactions are not new. The section creates a road […]

This fall Catholic University will begin to offer a Master in City and Regional Planning through their School of Architecture and Planning. The 48-credit hour program requires a planning studio and a master’s thesis. It features an optional design focus through a 12-credit summer session. The program is not eligible for accreditation through the American […]

Last January I was a member of a student team at the University of Maryland that entered the Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Interdisciplinary teams of students were given two weeks to create a master land use plan and proposed ten-block development for a neighborhood just south of downtown Dallas, […]

This post is Part 2 of my public participation in urban planning series, adapted from my urban planning final paper, Citizen Participation and the Internet in Urban Planning.
In order to describe the potential uses of the Internet in public participation in planning, this section will begin with a short history of public participation in planning. […]

This post is Part 1 of my public participation in urban planning series, adapted from my urban planning final paper, Citizen Participation and the Internet in Urban Planning, which received the University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Larry Reich Award for Best Final Paper.
Since the advent of information technology, there has been intense interest […]

Although there may be no such thing as “Public Participation in Urban Planning Month” that I know of, I’ve decided to declare one on this website at least. That’s because I’ve decided to use June to publish a series of posts describing the research and recommendations contained in my final paper for graduate school, titled […]