Exclusives
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The Next Generation of New Urbanists
While the founders of New Urbanism are still going strong, a new organization is connecting the next generation of leaders of the movement.
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Blackout Lesson: Keep the Gas Tank Full
The recent blackout highlights the vulnerability of dense cities, as unplugged urban rail systems and elevators left thousands of urbanites stranded.
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Building A More Integrated Transportation Network
Building an integrated transportation system in the United States would be a real economic stimulus and increase mobility and security.
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Power To The People
Affordable and user-friendly technology could provide an exciting new platform for discussing planning and development issues.
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Passenger Rail and September 11th
Is the threat of terrorism a good reason for pouring resources into our nation's passenger rail system?
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Smart Growth Dream Will Give You Nightmares
Smart Growth advocates' vision of the future of urban development is more like a nightmare for the average citizen.
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The Eleventh Smart Growth Principle
Sprawl is reaching military installations and threatening the nation's defense capabilities.
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Making TODs Work: Lessons from Portland's Orenco Station
A project manager gives a real-world account of the successes and failures of one of the nation's most closely watched new transit-oriented communities, and its role in the regional growth management strategy.
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How We Pay For Growth
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Iconography and the Transect
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Landowner Equity and Protecting the Commons
As cities and states across the U.S. strive to find solutions to the sprawling pattern of land development, promising control measures have been met head-on by one recurring and controversial issue -- land owner equity.
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Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, and gain greater public acceptance by positioning itself as market-oriented with respect for personal freedoms.
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Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
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Boomburbs
Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, Anaheim and similar "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.
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Rethinking Historic Preservation
Historic preservation of the built environment is an overlooked, but critical component in the 'rise of a creative class'.
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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.
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London's Big Gamble
How is Central London faring under its new and controversial congestion pricing scheme?
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
