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Congestion Charge Helps Suburban Businesses
London's radical congestion charge is having a complex impact on economic activity.
Will War Burst Housing Bubble?
A war with Iraq could bring down housing prices.
Growth Restrictions Contribute To Increased Housing Prices
A recent study in the Journal of Real Estate Research provides evidence that growth restrictions make housing less affordable.
7 States To Sue EPA Over Air Pollution Standards
Seven states, mostly from the Northeast, plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over air pollution standards.
The Phase II Ten Commandments
The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals offers their Ten Commandments for Phase II municipal separate storm sewer systems.
How To Reduce Harmful Water Runoff
Increased water runoff from sprawling paved areas is responsible for flooding, pollution and economic losses.
A Geneva Convention For The Environment
The world needs safeguards to protect the environment from ravages of war.
Tracking Impervious Surface Area In A Mixed-Use Development
Stormwater Magazine offers a monitoring system that makes the best use of buildable land.
A Bridge With A Dark Side
Toronto is spending $4 million on barriers to prevent a bridge from being used for suicidal jumps.
Marvels In Security And Seismic Safety Engineering
New structural technologies make a courthouse under construction in Seattle a marvel of security and seismic safety.
Architecture You Can Feel
A universivally-accessible building uses talking signs, tactile floors, and transclucent wall systems.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff Responds To Boston Globe
Bechtel responds to The Boston Globe's 'misrepresentations of key facts, and a flagrant resort to innuendo.'
The Bechtel-Big Dig Scandal
The Boston Globe presents a damning three-part series on how State officials excuse and protect Bechtel for over $1 billion in mistakes on the Big Dig.
Goals Of Federal Transportation Re-authorization
The impact of national policy on neighborhood planning and development is not lost on Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland, OR).
Save Cities, Unlock Ivory Towers
City-university partnerships can help bridge resource gaps.
Who Can Reuse Metro Atlanta's Northern Arc Land
Suburban counties want the land acquired for the now-defunct 59-mile Northern Arc tollway in metro Atlanta.
Vinyl Just Isn't Good Enough
Circuit court sides with the municipality's not allowing vinyl siding on historic mansion
The Devil In The White City
A new novel profiles city planner Daniel Burnham and serial-murderer Henry H. Holmes during the 1893 World's Fair.
Smart Growth Plan For Greater Toronto Area
An unlikely smart growth panel is poised to release two reports that could fundamentally alter the direction of urban development in Ontario.
Mansionization: A National Problem
Sam Hall Kaplan examines how one of the first communities in the nation to be afflicted with mansionization has fared.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
