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Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course applies suitability analysis techniques and least-cost path analysis—which optimizes routes on linear features—to planning for and siting a new transit line.

92 Mins
AICP CM
Location Optimization

Location Optimization

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course introduces the basic principles of location optimization models and provides a hands-on tutorial on point-based location optimization using QGIS and LINGO.

70 Mins
AICP CM
Working From Home for Planners

Working From Home for Planners

Instructor: Andy Boenau

The future of work and the future of education are location independent, and we’re all better off because of it. This course focuses on general remote work tips and three remote work topics at the forefront of urban planners' minds as working from home becomes a new normal in the field of urban planning: productivity, teamwork, and public meetings.

51 Mins
AICP CM
Urbanized

Urbanized

The documentary film "Urbanized" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011 and succeeds in popularizing a conversation about urbanism, urban planning, and cities in a way that few cultural artifacts have managed before or since.

86 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Film
Transportation Planning: Principles and Practices of Transportation Finance

Transportation Planning: Principles and Practices of Transportation Finance

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course explains principles of transportation finance and reviews the general structure for funding transportation projects. Learn about the history of U.S. funding, from strong local funding to state and federal involvement to regional funding sources.

62 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course explains the menu of contemporary approaches to modifying or adding to transportation capacity. It provides examples of capacity responses to regional mobility for commuters and local accessibility for communities.

63 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Regulations, Pricing, and Programs

Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Regulations, Pricing, and Programs

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course reviews the efficacy of regulatory strategies (such as prohibitions and mandates), pricing strategies (such as peak period pricing), and education and information strategies (such as real-time ride-hailing apps).

65 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course provides an overview and critique of the four-step model used in transportation planning. By the end of this course, viewers will be able to conceptualize how transportation models can address contemporary problems in transportation planning, such as transit-oriented development.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

Instructor: Chase Mullen

Creating a VR experience is one thing, but managing its use at public events and integrating it into the urban design workflow is an extra, separate step. This course considers the bigger picture and covers a few ways to fine-tune the user’s experience for maximum success.

74 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Instructor: Chase Mullen

This course provides a high-level overview of the process involved in creating a virtual reality application and teaches viewers how to assemble a virtual reality application from scratch using Unity how to make the process as successful as possible.

64 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Instructor: Chase Mullen

This course provides a step-by-step SketchUp tutorial and teaches users how to create content appropriate for a virtual reality environment. Viewers will learn how to optimize the performance of their software and ensure success in the next steps of the process, including final model export to Unity.

72 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

Instructor: Chase Mullen

Virtual reality presents urban planners with a unique tool to create immersive virtual experiences that can inform visioning processes, design decision-making, and community engagement. Learn about the evolution of virtual reality technology, its key vocabulary and logistics, the benefits of virtual reality over traditional media, and what the future of public engagement may hold.

45 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
United States Census 2020: All About Census 2020

United States Census 2020: All About Census 2020

Instructor: Chris Williamson

Learn all about the upcoming Census. This course provides an overview of planned operations and discusses the Census schedule, process, products, accuracy, publicity, and jobs.

85 Mins
AICP CM
Introduction to New Mobility

Introduction to New Mobility

Instructor: Lisa Nisenson

The course on "New Mobility" covers the gamut of technological advancements where planning, transportation, and infrastructure design intersect.

77 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transit Planning: The First/Last Mile

Transit Planning: The First/Last Mile

Instructor: Lisa Nisenson

This course covers the range of elements needed to boost access to transit, with a focus on door-to-door transportation from a destination to a transit station.

83 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking

Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking

Instructor: William Riggs

This course covers current practices in planning and implementation of infrastructure for biking and walking.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Crowdsourcing and Urban Planning

Crowdsourcing and Urban Planning

Instructor: Kendra Smith

Crowdsourcing is the gathering of ideas, content, voices, and services by leveraging the collective intelligence and wisdom of crowds.

26 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Citizen Science in Urban Planning

Citizen Science in Urban Planning

Instructor: Kendra Smith

This course introduces planners to citizen science and how citizen science can play a meaningful role in urban planning.

35 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to Real Estate Equity Crowdfunding

Introduction to Real Estate Equity Crowdfunding

Instructor: Ben Schulman

Learn the rules that govern and allow for real estate crowdfunding and how real estate crowdfunding can be deployed in your community for possible development.

53 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Leadership in Planning: Strategic Decision-Making in the Public Interest

Leadership in Planning: Strategic Decision-Making in the Public Interest

Instructor: Jeff Levine

At the end of this course, you will understand how to turn planning theory into practice in the real world.

60 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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