Infrastructure
King County Challenges Shifting, Says Sims
King County, Washington, executive Ron Sims participated in a roundtable discussion at the Brookings Institution last week to address challenges faced by counties with changing needs.
Public-Private Deals Can Provide Billions For Infrastructure
Chicago and Indiana have made billions by partnering with private financers on infrastructure assets. Attorneys David Narefsky and John Schmidt explain how California can reap similar benefits.
Should U.S. Allow Foreign Government Management Of U.S. Ports?
Surprising even fellow Republicans, President Bush defends plans by a foreign company owned by the United Arab Emirates to manage operations at six large U.S. ports.
Regional Plan For Bay Area Shopped To Officials
Planning for 2 million additional Bay Area residents in 25 years, three regional agencies will tie transportation funding to land use development to promote medium and high density housing within 1/2 mile of transit centers.
New Hope For Old Suburbs
This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.
More Roads Won't Ease Traffic
An op-ed in Georgia's Gainesville Times calls Governor Sonny Perdue's roads-only approach to easing traffic congestion a "temporary solution".
How To Make Massive Infrastructure Improvements With No Money
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's infrastructure program bumps into California's 21st century reality.
Freight Villages
As warehouse and distribution ramp up with global trade, The Slatin Report offers a look at an intriguing new approach to industrial development.
New Solution For Old 'Urban Dilemma'
Swift snow removal is a "political necessity" in New York City. Latest technology comes to the rescue.
Big Dig Successfully Cuts Commute Times
A new report shows that Boston's Big Dig has reduced commute times, improved access to Logan International Airport, and will continue to create thousands of jobs for the seven billion dollars worth of private investment expected to occur in its wake.
ULI's Special Report On The Gulf Coast
It has been five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Urban Land publishes a 24-page special report with an overview, recommendations, and essays from urban planners, local business leaders, developers, architects, and academia regarding the future of the Crescent City.
New York City's Own 50-Year Big Dig
600 feet below Manhattan is one of the biggest urban infrastructure projects in history, yet most city residents do not even know about this 50-year water project.
Linking Housing And Transportation To Define Housing Affordability
This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.
Pessimism Over India's Urban Future
The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'
Fixing The 1,000 Mile Pothole
State governors are risking their political capital on mega-fix-it projects at the statewide level, from the "Trans-Texas Corridor" to a $222 billion California infrastructure improvement plan.
Cell Phone Towers Ugly But Allowed
A federal appeals court rules that cities cannot block construction of the towers for aesthetic reasons alone.
C'est Levee?
The Common Dreams website's quick visual reference guide to levee construction around the world -- and how woefully inadequate American levees were in New Orleans.
An Inside Look At The Skyways Of Downtown Minneapolis
How and why Minneapolis built the nation's largest skyway system.
Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal Report Published
The Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal's final report to Governor Haley Barbour is published on the web.
San Francisco's Architecture Puts It At Risk
Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.
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.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
