Meeting data center power demands will mean building more transmission lines and acquiring more land to put them on.

Zoning codes, in their simplest form, separate of land use into separate districts (or "zones"). Zoning codes, in effect, are the legal tool that cities use to determine what can be built, where.

Understanding how zoning amendments work, especially compared to similar terms such as zoning variances or special use permits, is critical to understanding the day-to-day practice of planning. Zoning ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced that it signed an agreement with the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency, the entity that is overseeing the Brightline West train line that will ...

The internet is having a field day making fun of Chicago's so-called "Concrete Beach" — but many locals love the strip of seawall that lets sand-averse Chicagoans enjoy the lakefront. As Rory Quealy ...

Anyone who has sat on an Amtrak train as it idles at a station or crawls around a curve has probably considered the following ...

Until recently, there was relatively little data on this subject. That is now changing. I recently contributed to a report ...

It goes far beyond the rom-com, though, from Donald Sutherland in the horror film "Don’t Look Now" to Sean Penn in "The Tree ...

The growth of data centers geographically mirrors some of the nation's most water-stressed areas, writes Amanda Greenwood in Newsweek. Six major bodies of water in the U.S. West are facing severe ...

The next few months will clarify whether the massive bridge replacement project will secure the funding to move forward as ...

More than a quarter of lots in Manhattan are protected by the city's Landmarks Law. That’s both a triumph and a challenge.

Atlanta lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwestern part of what is now the state of Georgia. Earliest human habitation within the region is thought to date all the way back ...