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Florence Considers Moving Michelangelo's David To Quell City Traffic
<p>Heavy tourist traffic downtown is being cited by city officials in a proposal to move the world-famous sculpture to the edge of town.</p>
New Orleans Stumbles With Homeless Plan
<p>With booming homelessness since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is looking to unconventional approaches to handling the issue. But things aren't quite working out as planned.</p>
Little Cambodia Leaves New York, Finds New Niches
<p>New York's Cambodian population has seen a sharp drop over the last two decades, but other American cities have absorbed these communities to form their own "Little Cambodias".</p>
Censored: Pro-Transit Section From Commission Study
<p>A pro-transit section, written by noted conservative Paul Weyrich, was excised from the final report, despite being approved by 9-3 majority vote of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.</p>
The Gentrification of Rural America
<p>Rural communities being "discovered" by investors is turning out to be a mixed blessing for some small towns.</p>
Bringing Flint Back to Life
<p>Flint, Michigan, has undergone a significant depression in recent years, and the proof is in the hundreds of foreclosed and abandoned properties sprinkled throughout the city. But one man is leading the redevelopment of the struggling city.</p>
Women-Only Buses Debut in Mexico City
<p>Mexico City has announced plans to dedicate some of its transit system buses for use by women only -- a move made in response to increasing reports of women being groped on crowded buses.</p>
Libertarians Prod Kansas City to Forget Light Rail
<p>Libertarian groups Cato Institute and Show-Me Institute are scrambling to convince Kansas City to end talks to consider building a light rail system in the city.</p>
100 Years of Salt Lake City History Now a Pile of Rubble
<p>Hundred-year-old historic Sugar House buildings have been razed to make way for a controversial new development project in Salt Lake City.</p>
The Bush Administration's 'War on Planning'
<p>The decay of America's infrastructure and the Bush Administration's repeated excuse, "Nobody could have foreseen..." reveals how much of America's planning tradition has been lost to free market ideology, writes Sarah Robinson.</p>
Calling the Kettle Black
<p>The launch of the Tata microcar has raised concerns about a huge magnification of traffic congestion and pollution. But without changes in the developed world, such criticisms are hypocritical, write Brendan Smith, Tim Costello and Jeremy Brecher.</p>
L.A. Looks To Go Zero Waste By 2030
<p>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has announced plans to bring the city to a zero-waste policy by 2030.</p>
An Intimate Look at the Streets of Detroit
<p>This series from <em>The Detroit Free Press</em> looks at the state of the city that is both struggling and succeeding.</p>
Qatar Looks to Light Rail for Olympic Boost
<p>The middle eastern country of Qatar is hoping to boost its chances of securing the 2016 Olympics by building an extensive light rail system throughout its capital city of Doha.</p>
New Book Exposes Extent of Big Box Store Subsidies
<p>Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and best-selling author David Cay Johnston talks recently on NPR's Fresh Air about government subsidies for big box stores.</p>
A Test for Walkability
<p>The city of Pasadena, California has enlisted a groups of more than 100 volunteers to walks and evaluate its streets to rate the city's walkability.</p>
Measuring the Carbon Footprint of New Development
<p>A 2,300-unit development near a Maine lake is facing an environmental test to determine its carbon footprint. Environmentalists say the impact is too great, but developers dispute the analysis.</p>
Urban Planning and Musical Categories: Exploring the Notion of Improvisation
<p>This paper shows how urban development may be considered in terms of musical categories, and associates spontaneous and informal urban actions with their analog in musical discourse: improvisation.</p>
Where's the Federal Commitment to Public Transit in Canada?
<p>While the Canadian provincial governments in British Columbia and Ontario have committed tens of billions of dollars to improving public transit, a corresponding federal investment in transit has yet to materialize.</p>
Cleveland: Subprime's 'Epicentre'
<p>Cleveland, which last week filed suit against 21 banks to regain revenues lost from a massive wave of foreclosures, epitomizes the extent of America's housing crisis.</p>
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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.
