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Planning Updates From Washington
APA's bi-weekly update on legislative and public policy issues of interest to planners.
Transit Mall Planned Around Dallas Transit Station
100 acres of the Urban Center development in Las Colinas have been set aside for a transit mall that will be built around the DART light-rail station scheduled to open in 2008.
Suburban Development Endangering Wetlands
The Econlockhatchee River basin, whose languid waters curl through swamps and soggy prairies east of Orlando, is being strangled by Central Florida’s hottest suburban frontier.
Kentucky's First Experience With New Urbanism
Norton Commons, designed by Duany PlaterZyberk is the first new urbanism project to make its way to Louisville. Will is succeed?
Transit Villages
The transit village is a compact, mixed-use community centered with a transit station that, by design, invites residents, workers, and shoppers to drive their cars less and ride mass transit more.
Smart Growth Backlash: Property Rights
Farmers in Maryland want to sell their farms which are loosing money. The state, however, wants to stop sprawl.
Turning Strip Malls To Housing Villages
Orange and L.A. Counties are running out of land for housing. The solution? Some advocate changing strip malls to homes.
Just Like A Suburb -- Only Bigger
Has suburbia become a way of life? Fast Company takes a harsh look at Denver's megasuburb, Highlands Ranch.
DOE Releases Energy Plus Software
EnergyPlus is a new building energy simulation program designed for modeling buildings with associated heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other energy flows.
Boston's Fabled 'Urban Ring' Railway
A decade in the planning, Boston planners have come up with a strategy to created the fabled 'urban ring railway.'
Dallas Rejects Super-sized Billboards
The Dallas planning commission rejects the use of "supergraphics" on downtown buildings.
MSNBC Profiles New Urbanist James Kunstler
Kunstler, author of Geography of Nowhere, is crusading to end sprawl and promote new urbanism.
Land Use Fraud: A Planner Gone Bad
A planner and land use consultant in Eugene, Oregon collaborate to break the law.
L.A. Says Valley Secession Not Viable
In a rebuttal to LAFCO's study, L.A.'s report cites 5 major factors that would risk financial damage to L.A. and the Valley.
Businesses And Residents Collide Over Bridge Expansion
With bridge expansion on one side and community growth on the other, residents and business owners are grappling with a construction drama that pits quality of life against the need for room at the bustling international span.
Slow Growth Movement At Odds With Cultural Shift
A booming immigrant population is presenting a challenge to the slow growth movement in the state.
Taming The Three Car Garage
How good design and thoughtful regulation can tame the residential garage.
Cities Retain Control Of Florida Billboards
Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed a transportation bill -- and in the process helped Florida local govermnent to maintain control over billboards.
Putting Parks On The Political Agenda
An editorial in The New York Times cites the recent neglect of the city's parks, and calls for parks to be positioned higher on the political agenda for the coming mayoral election.
Kentucky Is Urging Citizens To Think About Planning
The governor's smart-growth task force is holding meetings across the state to encourage residents to participate in the planning process to prevent sprawl.
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Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
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