United States

Commercial Crash Maybe Not So Bad

The commercial real estate crash is coming and isn't pretty, but ULI senior fellow Stephen Blank and others say it won't be nearly as bad as the collapse of the residential housing market.

19 October 2009 - 1:00pm

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Do Bikes Need to Stop?

Cities are struggling with the right way to control bicycle traffic in a system built for cars. Should bicycles act like cars? Or should roads change to meet the special needs of bicycles?

19 October 2009 - 12:00pm

Slate.com

Department of Energy Funds Trikes

Three-wheeled, alternative energy vehicles like the Aptera may soon qualify for funding from the Dept. of Energy.

19 October 2009 - 7:00am

autobloggreen.com

LEED-ND Is Go

LEED for Neighborhood Design (LEED-ND) is approved to become a permanent certification program.

18 October 2009 - 1:00pm

New Urban News

Teens on Planning Commissions? No More, Says Michigan

Michigan's one-year experiment in giving local mayors and township supervisors the option to appoint someone less than 18 years-of-age to a planning commission appears to be coming to an abrupt end.

17 October 2009 - 11:00am

Building Place Notebook

Friday Funny: ADA FAIL

The Wheelchair Foundation has some work to do to become ADA-compliant.

16 October 2009 - 2:00pm

FAILblog

5,000 New Acres of Parks

U.S. cities added 5,000 new acres of parkland over the past year, according to a new study by the Trust for Public Land.

16 October 2009 - 6:00am

Sustainable Cities Collective

New communication and interaction technologies are dramatically changing the way the public understands and participates in government. The emerging openness of data and information at the city level is broadening the urban policy conversation, but challenges and questions lie ahead as the open city develops.

15 October 2009 - 10:00am

Parking Garages Fuel Demand for Transit

As demand for parking at transit nodes has increased, developers have looked for ways to make their garages more 'green'.

15 October 2009 - 8:00am

USA Today

Military Base Neighbors Wary of New, Louder Air Fighters

The U.S. Military are on the verge of releasing its new air fighter, the F-35, and about 200 U.S. bases are under consideration to house them. The new planes are three to 12 times louder than existing planes, which has some base neighbors on edge.

15 October 2009 - 5:00am

NPR

2010 Census Faces Foreclosure Challenges

The high amount of foreclosures is expected to make things tougher for Census officials as they prepare for 2010 Census enumeration.

14 October 2009 - 11:00am

The Associated Press

Economic Development or Poaching Business?

States across the US are stepping up their efforts to attract business from outside their borders. New Hampshire woos investors from its neighbors and the California-Nevada rivalry heats up.

14 October 2009 - 10:00am

BBC News

There's No Place Like Home

Joel Kotkin sees a trend in a 'New Localism'- people aren't moving around like they used to, and it's causing them to reengage with their communities.

13 October 2009 - 2:00pm

Newsweek

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Big Hopes for Big Arts Center in Dallas

A new performing arts center in downtown Dallas is a sizeable addition to downtown. But is size actually the problem?

13 October 2009 - 12:00pm

Dallas News

Can Traffic Be Good for the Environment?

When it turns frustrated drivers to different modes like transit, walking, biking and carpooling, says writer David Owen.

12 October 2009 - 9:00am

The Wall St. Journal

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The Carbon Footprint of NASCAR

A Grist writer and environmentalist takes a trip to the Talladega Superspeedway to try to understand what the petroleum-wasting is really all about.

12 October 2009 - 6:00am

Grist

More Solo Drivers in the South, Northeast

Richard Florida takes a look at a recent report showing connecting solo commuters with location and comes up with an interesting demographic breakdown.

11 October 2009 - 1:00pm

Atlantic Monthly