United States
Using Technology To Tame Traffic
New technologies attempt to predict congestion and help drivers steer clear.
What Will Happen To Historic Preservation Tax Credits?
The White House's economic plan compromises the Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, writes Richard Moe in a WSJ editorial.
Paying For Faster Commutes
Value-pricing a way out of traffic jams using special lanes.
Sprawl And Density Limits: Readers Respond
Readers respond to article that claims some anti-sprawl measures only add to sprawl.
America's Most Dangerous Cities
CNN/Money offers their list of American cities with the most reported crimes per 1,000 citizens.
Free Transit Planners Guidebook And CD-ROM
The Federal Tansit Administration offers a gree guide for estimating the benefits and costs of public transit projects.
Revitalization And The 'Bilbao Effect'
Cities are investing in cultural development projects, hiring international architects, and building and unique architecture to aid revitalization.
Preserving The American Dream By Cost Not Coercion
Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.
Best And Worst Places For Jobs
CNN ranks metropolitan areas based on employment and unemployment figures.
SUVs: Stealing The Public Wealth
David Burwell offers three principles for for developing rationality and rules in the allocation of public road space.
Ten Most Enlightened Suburbs
The Utne Reader offers their list of the ten most 'enlightened' suburbs across the U.S.
Ranking The Greenest And Meanest Cars And SUVs
The 2003 ACEEE's Green Book ranks the 12 least polluting, most efficient vehicles -- and the 12 worst.
A One-Car Household: Challenges And Benefits
Some families are committed to staying a one-car household despite the challenges.
Placemaking: Creating A Dreamy City
Regeneration professionals use the power of "placemaking" to bring real, concrete benefits to city.
Affordable Housing: New APA Report Assesses Regional Approaches
The APA report's conclusions are one more indication that planners and organizations associated with the "smart growth" movement are zeroing in on the need for more housing, rather than efforts to contain growth and development.
Rail Transit Is A Lost Cause
Across the nation, rail transit systems are are losing riders money. So why do city governments keep building them?
Pentagon Quietly Seeking Freedom To Pollute
The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from major U.S. environmental laws which would give it the freedom to pollute land, air, and water without being liable for damages.
Is Transit A Waste?
Why is it that even after spending billions to build mass transit, fewer people commute to work by public transportation today than in the 1960s?
World's Most Expensive Office Space
London, Tokyo and Paris beat out New York as the priciest places to lease office space.
Xeriscape Revolution Could Transform Southwest Cities
In major cities across the Southwest, xeriscape landscaping is replacing the traditional lawn.
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
