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A Tale Of Two Cities
Who sprawls the most? It depends on whose definition you use.
For Whom The Road Tolls
While "free" ways may be endangered, not all road pricing schemes are equal.
Gridlock On The 'Reverse Commute'
With more jobs moving to the suburbs traffic congestion on the reverse commute is getting worse.
What Defines 'Wise Use' Of Public Land?
How do we balance economic values and environmental sensisbilities for public lands?
Starter Castles In South Florida
The names include McMansions, monster homes, scrape-offs and bash-n-builds. Preservations want them to go away.
Coping With Gridlock
One third of the average city's land is devoted to serving the car. Is there a way out?
How Will Technology Affect Cities?
Are the Network and its attendant gadgets driving us apart or bringing us together? Smart City Radio investigates.
US Could Learn From French High Speed Rail
The French have a high speed rail network that is th envy of the world.
A Breakthrough In Solar Energy?
Scientists are developing inexpensive organic solar cells that could be sprayed on roofs.
Planning Theory: Issue 2
The second issue of a journal on Planning Theory is released by Sage Publications.
A Short Range Commentary On The Long Range
Howard Troxler, columnist for the St. Petersburg Times, offers commentary on a series of visioning exercises in the Tampa Bay area.
California's War On SUVs
A Reason Foundation scientist explains the danger of a bill that would limit consumers' choices in buying SUVs.
Escaping Gridlock
In the new millennium, when the futurists said we'd all be wafting to work in sky cars, we're decidedly earthbound.
A Severe National Housing Crisis
New York Times advocates for more government involvement in solving a housing crisis "nearly as severe as the one that spurred Congress to act just after World War II."
Riverdale's Subdivision Moratorium
A subdivision moratorium in Riverhead, NY is a good idea only if the city hires more planners and improves planning.
Talking Park Benches
Park benches in a northern England town have been fitted with MP3 players to provide stories relevant to the benches' locations.
A Mobile Power Plant?
PowerTrainUSA is a mobile power plant that can travel to areas of power shortages.
New York Governor Limits Ground Zero Options
Gov. Pataki's statement, "We will never build where the towers stood," limits rebuilding options at the site of the World Trade Center.
Planned Communities: Utopian Experiments
Auroville and New Oroville pursue radically different approaches to building utopian planned communities.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
