At its core, urban design is the process of deciding how a city will be organized. More than just the physical layout of roads, buildings, open space, and transportation networks, urban design includes decisions about land use, urban form, and neighborhood scale that affect citizens’ access to urban amenities and healthy living environments near amenities and transportation.

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Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code
Lisa Wise, Daniel Parolek
61 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A

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Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 1
63 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Location Optimization
Kevin Credit
70 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Equitable Transit Oriented Development
John Hersey
57 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 2: The Useful Walk
Jeff Speck
82 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Visual Simulation: Advanced Rendering in SketchUp
Mike Ernst
46 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid
Mark David Major
47 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches
Richard Willson
55 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Parking Benefit Districts
Donald Shoup
56 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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History of U.S. Landscape Architecture, Part 2
Kristin Faurest
61 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Greening the Neighborhood: LEED-ND Metrics
Eliot Allen
65 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers
Emily Talen
59 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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The Human Scale
81 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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The Elements of Citymaking: Design, Policy, and Finance
Jason Neville
57 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Planning Communities for Maximum Transit Access
Jarrett Walker
75 Mins
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  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Design in Planning: An Overview
Jason Kambitsis
58 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects
Daniel Parolek, Daniel K. Slone
85 Mins
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  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A

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Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 2
53 Mins
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  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line
Kevin Credit
92 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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How Zoning Shapes Cities, Communities, and Regions
Jenny Schuetz
84 Mins
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  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 3: The Safe Walk (A)
Jeff Speck
77 Mins
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  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Visual Simulation: Rendering Styles and Presentation with SketchUp
Mike Ernst
29 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Legal Issues in Sign Codes
James Carpentier
59 Mins
  • AICP CM

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History of City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)
Jason Luger
64 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Emily Talen

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Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College...

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Introduction to New Mobility Sign Up

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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.

4.49
77 Mins
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Transit Planning: The First/Last Mile Sign Up

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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.

4.43
83 Mins
AIA CES
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Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking Sign Up

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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.

4.21
54 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
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Calculating the Benefits of Parks, Trails, and Open Space Sign Up

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Calculating the Benefits of Parks, Trails, and Open Space

Instructor: Todd J. Poole

This course provides examples of how to calculate market and non-market values of parks, trails, and open space, as well as how to identify potential revenue-generating opportunities for long-term maintenance and operation.

4.12
34 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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