Rick Pruetz

Rick Pruetz is a former city planner and planning consultant who writes about planning, transportation, preservation, and urban issues in general. He earned a master’s degree in urban planning and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He maintains the Smart Preservation website where some of the following titles can be freely downloaded.

On the Road to People-Friendly Mobility: A Progress Report from Europe and America

Prosperity Comes in Cycles: Bikeways and the Virtuous Cycle

Smart Climate Action through Transfer of Development Rights

Ecocity Snapshots: Learning from Europe’s Greenest Places

The TDR Handbook: Designing and Implementing Transfer of Development Rights Programs, (coauthor)

Lasting Value: Open Space Planning and Preservation Successes

Putting Transfer of Development Rights to Work in California

Beyond Takings and Givings: Saving Natural Areas, Farmland and Historic Landmarks with Transfer of Development Rights and Density Transfer Charges

Saved By Development: Preserving Environmental Areas, Farmland and Historic Landmarks with Transfer of Development Rights