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Special Feature: Readers Interview Stefanos Polyzoides
PLANetizen goes directly to one of the co-founders of the New Urbanism to learn more about the ideas and the people behind them.
Smart City Radio Explores New Transit Solutions
Traffic jams are bringing America's commute to a crawl. Some cities are fighting back by stepping up their investment in transit.
Amphibian Homes
Anticipating frequent flooding due to climate change, a new housing project in Norway features homes that are built on solid ground but able to float on flood water.
Environmental Effects of Urbanization
The Population Reference Bureau offers a primer on the impact increasing urbanization will have on the environment.
Streets Are Not Only For Cars
Streets should be both a physical and social part of our living environment.
U.S. Testing Rail Travel Security Screening
A national test program aims to make rail travel safer.
Stata at MIT: Gehry's Great Geek Experiment
Architect Frank Gehry's new research center for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pushes the envelope for architecture, academia, and science. (Includes links to photos, plans, and webcams.)
Vasectomy Zoning
Are suburban housing policies intentionally limiting housing options for parents with children to keep school costs low?
Paris' Forum Des Halles To Get A Make-Over
Locals worry that redevelopment of cavernous underground mall will just replace one monster with another.
The Argument For Market-based Toll Roads
Two new technologies -- automated toll collection and market pricing for roadways -- make market-based toll systems even better at relieving traffic congestion.
The Return Of The Planner
Urban planning departments are experiencing a revival in cities across the nation. Governing Magazine profiles Andy Altman as a model of the 'new planner.'
Recapturing the Heart of Paris Through Its Belly
Parisians plan large-scale urban renewal efforts in Les Halles, known as the "belly" of the city.
A Sign of Confidence for the Athens Olympics
Can the completion of this week's major construction hurdle provide a necessary vote of confidence that Greece is indeed ready for the Games?
A Royal Pain for British Architects?
Twenty years after Prince Charles' tirade on Modern architecture, a look at the effect it has had on British architecture.
To Cut Daytime Smog, Attack It At Night
Scientists are studying night-time chemistry that could providecleaner air.
The Big Picture
Climate change too slow for Hollywood, too fast for the rest of us.
Does Big Box Equal Low Wages?
Big box warehouse club Costco delivers benefits to both its consumers and its employees
Earthquakes: Facts, Fiction, And TV Fantasy
NBC movie depicts California falling into the ocean after a 10.5 earthquake. The U.S. Geological Service separates fact from fiction contained in this Hollywood fantasy.
Will A New Mall Arise In China?
An American designer wants to create humanistic spaces amidst China's frenzied mall-building boom.
The Challenges of Place Branding
Unlike products, places can’t just be "discontinued, modified, withdrawn from the market, re-launched and re-positioned or replaced by improved products".
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.
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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
