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Casual Carpooling Is Business As Usual In Bay Area
The casual carpool system in the East Bay is quite possibly a utopian vision come to life. And it's been operating for more than 20 years.
To Commute Or Not Commute?
Newcomers to Washington D.C. must decide whether they want to endure a long commute from a home in the suburbs, or live in the urban core and give up the dream of owning a home.
The New Preservationists
Preservationists have evolved into savvy entreprenuers, environmentalists and developers.
Should Los Angeles Follow New York And London?
With residents in the San Fernando Valley favoring secession from the city, David Fleming suggests that Los Angeles should adopt a system of Boroughs to ease local governance tensions in the city.
California's First Solar Subdivision
California builders find that solar panels increase home value -- and boost respectability of solar energy.
The Nation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced its 2001 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
Emerging Trends In Multigenerational Communities
A new real estate niche emerges -- communities for multigenerational residents.
Maryland's Governor Takes Hard Stance Against Sprawl
Gov. Glendening's campaign to restrict suburban sprawl has ignited a battle over farmland in Carroll County slated to be developed into housing.
Photographing Urban Sprawl
A National Geographic photographer summarizes her thoughts in writing about sprawl in the U.S.
Challenges In Building Tunnel-highways
New Jersey's Atlantic City-to-Brigantine tunnel highway is a fascinating case study about the challenges in major infrastructure development.
California Struggling To Manage Growth
Despite some of the best minds in the nation and its creativity in movies and technology, California lags behind the rest of the nation in controlling growth.
Charlotte's High Tech Hot Bed
The airport, the interstate, the real estate, the networks - ingredients that make Charlotte one of the newest high tech hot spots.
Maryland's Suburban Sprawl Battle
Maryland Governor Glendening warns that he intends to start using a neglected 25-year old law that allows the state to bring court challenges against potentially harmful rezoning decisions.
Housing Costs Driving Academics From Boston
While Boston has long been an nternational hub for university life, ich with labs and libraries and cademia's juiciest cocktail parties, the city is increasingly a tough sell to professors due to high housing costs.
Melting Pot Suburbs And Metros
The Brookings Institution examines Racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. suburbs.
Ten Keys To Walkable Communities
Dan Burden identifies the top ten strategies planners can use to craft a walkable community.
Can Duany Bring New Urbanism To D.C.?
Andres Duany is hired to build a new-urbanist mini-city in Tyson's Corner. Not everyone believes in the concept, however.
Campus Planning: Old Architecture And High-tech
America's universities are the most wired places in the nation. Why are they looking to 19th century architecture for guidance?
Boomburbs!
A new type of city explodes around the edges of metropolis.
Winter Park Avenue To Return To Mixed Use
City leaders envision more growth along Park Avenue, with new offices and even loft apartments moving in above the street-level businesses, a decades old concept that used to be the norm.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
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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.
