The American Prospect

Reporter Ben Adler travels to Leesburg, VA without a car and reports on the difficulties he experiences getting around. In comparison, Ben walks with ease around Kentlands, a New Urbanist development in Maryland.

This article from The American Prospect profiles New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and examines her influence on the city's green agenda.

At a recent bipartisan panel on public transportation and energy policy sponsored by the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, panelists made the Conservative case for urban density and public transit investments.

A new book argues that most American cities have fully embraced neoliberal policies that encourage gentrification, privatization, and corporate invasion -- at the expense of lower- and middle-class residents.

Cities are taking the lead in working towards a sustainable future, yet there's so much left to do. It's time for professionals to take a systems approach, argues Neal Peirce.

John Meyer follws up on the 'death of environmentalism' by offering 'the afterlife of environmentalism'.

The American Prospect offers a dual review of "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality" and "Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century."

Who gains in the fundamental land battles over democratic values and commercial pursuits?

Rem Koolhaas is perhaps the greatest contemporary architect, but as a planner, he falls flat.

Sarah Williams Goldhagen asks why contemporary architecture in the U.S. is so "boring" and "bad."

Lawrence Mishel advocates that a government stimulus package aimed at helping the slowing economy should include investments in transportation.