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Transportation Demand Management Encyclopedia
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute has updated it's online Transportation Demand Management Encyclopedia.
Environment Crops Up In Kerry's Acceptance Speech
John Kerry's well-received speech at the Democratic National Convention included several gems for the green-minded in the audience.
If Cities Were On Anyone's Agenda
The top forgotten presidential campaign issue is the struggle of American cities reeling from fresh budget problems, according to New York Times Op-Ed columnist Bob Herbert.
Improve Traffic: Let Your Car Drive
A new study concludes that many traffic jams could be prevented if onein five vehicles on the road used new adaptive cruise-control.
Back To The Future Of Transportation
Visionary transportation ideas that never got off the ground.
The Trend Toward Mixed-use Community Schools
To share construction and maintenance costs and reduce school crowding, many planners are working with school administrators to create mixed-use community schools.
Make Money With Your Electric Car
Your next electric car will create and store enough excess energy that you will be able to sell it back to the power grid to make extra money.
PV-TV: A Multifunctional, Eco-Friendly Building Material
What if a skyscraper’s outside wrapping could take a more active role in sustaining the building’s operational needs and engaging passers-by
How The West Was Done
At Greenwich Village, a preview of Manhattan's Hudson River Park.
All Aboard The Sprawl Train In Taiwan
A 200-mile high-speed rail line is spurring development in the rural counties along the island's west coast.
Supreme Court To Rule On Eminent Domain
The high court has been asked to decide whether the use of eminent domain in non-blighted areas for economic development violates the Fifth Amendment.
E-Planning System In Scotland
A new e-planning system will receive applications for home alteration and objections to developments online.
Pipe Dreams In The Dry West?
Western cities go beyond dams to pump water hundreds of miles from their expanding borders.
I'On, South Carolina: More Sanitized Than Stepford?
This New Urbanist community attempts to replicate historic Charleston without the human gumbo.
A Home With A View
Grass or trees? A recent study finds that home buyers might like a view of the woods better than a view of a lawn.
Bio-diversity, Habitats Lost As Parks Are Tidied
UK local authorities are felling trees and clearing undergrowth in city parks, citing risks of crime and litigation, but in doing so, they reduce the variety of species and habitats in the parks which are vital to city dwellers.
The 'Hazing' of Our National Parks
This New York Times editorial calls for the toughening of environmental rules to address park haze -- industrial air pollution that is carried over to parks by the wind.
Are Mobile Homes The Future Of Affordable Housing?
Amidst stigma and displacement, mobile homes offer new hope for affordable housing emerges.
Zoning? That's So Last Century!
To guide the architectural quality of new development, communities are embracing form-based design codes as a more effective tool than conventional zoning.
Taking The Planet's 'Pulse'
The ambitious environmental monitoring project amounts to a massive global network designed for the sharing, dissemination and management of environmental information.
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.
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
