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Unprecedented Number Of Drilling Permits Issued By Feds
Last year, the Bureau of Land Management issued some 4,000 oil and natural-gas drilling permits; this federal fiscal year it's on track to issue a record 6,000.
Impact Fees Or Snake Oil?
A consultant is recommending local Florida cities increase impact fees by 219 percent to deal with budget deficits.
Incentivizing Brownfields
A proposed California bill would make it easier for developers to build on urban brownfield sites.
9/11 Funds For Rail Link
Proposed direct rail link John F. Kennedy Airport to Lower Manhattan.
Boston: Urban Canvas
A program in Boston encourages young people to use collaborative outreach techniques to design and paint murals -- and foster community pride in many of Boston's neighborhoods.
Back To The Future Of Transportation
Visionary transportation ideas that never got off the ground.
The Need To Reform California's EIR Process
The Planning and Conservation League's Executive Director discusses the possibility of CEQA reform and urban growth boundaries.
The Trend Toward Mixed-use Community Schools
To share construction and maintenance costs and reduce school crowding, many planners are working with school administrators to create mixed-use community schools.
Ethnic Change Energizes Redevelopment In L.A. Suburb
San Gabriel's emergence as an Asian shopping and cultural hub has created opportunity for denser development and other urban improvements.
Impact Fees For Teachers?
Some fast growing counties are "transition fees" to the school portion of impact fees to help pay for teachers.
Seattle Wants Street Cars
Seattle city council endorses an extension to the current street car line.
The Case For Mixed-Income And Mixed-Use Communities
You've heard about affordable housing crises in New York, Boston, San Francisco. But Atlanta?
A Bold Regional Comprehensive Plan
A regional comprehensive plan aims to tame San Diego county's inexorable growth.
Miami Beach Condos In Downtown Los Angeles
The battle over property adjacent to SCI-Arc in a formerly-abandoned area will speak volume about the rebirth of downtown Los Angeles.
Sprawl Is Becoming A Bipartisan Issue
In Ohio, an increasing number of Republicans are embracing the anti-sprawl agenda.
Make Money With Your Electric Car
Your next electric car will create and store enough excess energy that you will be able to sell it back to the power grid to make extra money.
PV-TV: A Multifunctional, Eco-Friendly Building Material
What if a skyscraper’s outside wrapping could take a more active role in sustaining the building’s operational needs and engaging passers-by
How The West Was Done
At Greenwich Village, a preview of Manhattan's Hudson River Park.
All Aboard The Sprawl Train In Taiwan
A 200-mile high-speed rail line is spurring development in the rural counties along the island's west coast.
China's New Boomtowns: Too Much Growth, Too Fast
Chinese towns are developing nearly overnight into megacities -- but at tremendous economic, social and environmental costs.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
