Humor
An Open Letter To America: Let Snobbery Light The Way
With energy costs rising, the American way of life seems in danger. Paul Kiel suggests strategies for coping.
Social And Economic Impact Of Big Box Stores
An animated cartoon comments on economic and social impact of big box stores.
Friday Funny: A Magical Zoning Amulet
Urban revitalization efforts enhanced by use of the long-lost Amulet of Surr-Vey, Lord Of Demarcation, He Who Measures And Assesses.
Friday Funny: Finance Your Fuel
Banks now offering zero percent financing for first-time gas buyers.
Friday Funny: US to be Oil-Free in Less Than 3,000 Years, Vows Bush
The Onion reports on President Bush's "aggressive initiative" to eliminate oil dependence by 4920. The auto industry isn't so sure.
Friday Funny: Eminent Domination
Cartoonist Mark Fiore offers his vision of the future under eminent domain.
Friday Funny: Cities Fight To Preserve Burger Kings
Neighborhood preservationists worry as fast food joints close around the country.
Friday Funny: Non-profit Habitat Community Faces Criticism
Habitrail for Humanity is under scrutiny for unorthodox housing communities.
Friday Funny: Planners In A Fistfight
Who said urban planning isn't a contact sport?
Friday Funny: Chicago's Supersized McDonalds
McDonald's tries to pack value into design in its huge new 50thanniversary restaurant, which opened in Chicago.
Friday Funny: Improving Amtrak
The Onion offers its top tips for improving Amtrak's propsects for funding.
Friday Funny: My Very Own Monorail
Cartoonist Peter Bagge offers his four-part vision of one Seattle's internal battle to build a monorail.
Friday Funny: Concerned, Obstinate Citizen Impacts Local Planning
Irv Draper fought ten long years to save taxpayers' money and ensure that a community pool would not be built.
Friday Funny: Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Transit Funding
Minnesota is reluctance to request more interstate funding.
Friday Funny: Census Bureau's Employment Estimate
Between 9,000 and 15,000 people work at the US Census Bureau, according to the Bureau's 2004 figures.
Friday Funny: Dear SUV Driver
Highlighting his recent encounter with "Mr Chrysler Pacifica Driver" John Kelly writes with biting sarcasm about the perils faced by pedestrians.
Friday Funny: The Humbler
The cartoon strip FoxTrot runs a special series on the appeal of massive SUVs.
Friday Funny: Dilbert's Ultimate House
The creator of the cartoon Dilbert throws away all conventional notions about houses to design his "ultimate house."
Friday Funny: Map Of Homer Simpson's Hometown
A detailed map of Springfield, USA, the hometown of animated TV series family "The Simpsons."
Friday Funny: Splatometers
Splatometers reveal a possible insect decline in the U.K.
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.
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
