Citistates Group

A group of high technology firms, led by IBM and Cisco, are plunging into the city management business to offer super-efficient new-generation computerized information and control systems.

Alex Marshall on Seattle's advancing monorail project.

Discussing important transportation issues should be part of the presidential campaigns.

Curtis Johnson explains the challenges in applying planning principles in Baghdad.

The I-91/Connecticut River corridor, stretching from the Connecticut coast to Northampton, Mass. is calling itself the "Knowledge Corridor."

Why hasn't Personal Rapid Transit technology not yet found it's natural market?

Neal Peirce comments on an alarming report from the National Housing Conference and worries about the impact of the housing crisis on the economy.

Neal Peirce says that youth can help in the search for regional solutions.

Neal Peirce reviews Boston's Indicators Project which provides high quality data and information about Boston.

The Citistates Group predicts the dominating regional issues for 2003.

The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.

How often do the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times push a story the same day with the same point of view? It's rare.

Neal Peirce responds to tough questions about smart growth and regionalism posed by prominent California economist Steven Levy.

The worriers over growth propose to fund 25 regions for demonstration projects.

Neal Peirce writes about 'Absentocracy' -- a revolving door of in-and-out leadership that's left many communities adrift.

Regionalists have a lot of mountains to climb -- starting with daily newspaper, the very voice they'd expect to champion their cause, writes Neal Peirce in his weblog.