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What Happens If There's No Subway In NY?
On the verge of a transit strike that would shut down the subways, the city considers severe alternatives -- no vehicle would be alloed into Manhattan without 4 people it it.
Salt Lake Light Rail Extension May Be Okayed
City leaders may support a light rail extension in West Valley City.
The American Dream Is Alive And Well In California
Are the days numbered for the American Dream of detached homes and automobility, as some anti-sprawl activists would have us believe?
Blogging Against Logging From A Treetop
A group of self-described "geeks" provide wireless Internet access to tree-sitters perched on treetops as part of a project that combines open source software, recyled technology, and environmental activism.
Lower Manhattan's $11 Billion Plan Unveiled
New York Mayor loomberg outlined his plan for transforming the World Trade Center site at an estimated cost of $11 billion.
In Europe, City Planners Confront Shrinking Populations
Low birth rates in Europe are posing serious demographic challenges as cities confront the cost and planning challenges of a shrinking population
GPS Quake Early Warning System In Los Angeles
An earthquake early warning system using 250 Global Positioning System stations has in installed in Los Angeles.
Not Your Father's Car Dealer
In Tampa, Florida, classy cars take center stage in a traffic-stopping showroom.
The Rise Of Europe's Regions
This article challenges our perception of the European Union: a group of nations, or a group of regions? Expressing ideas similar to those in Joel Garreau's Nine Nations of North America, this is macro-planning at its largest.
Shopping Not The Answer?
Harvard historian Lizbeth Cohen reflects on the negative social implications of our contemporary consumer landscape.
Celebrating Gaudi
Barcelona celebrates the unusual and daring architecture of Antoni Gaudi.
Transforming Detroit's Waterfront
Detroit's mayor announces the creation of a state park and 3-mile walkway along the Detroit River.
Big Box In Smaller Spaces?
American retailers' adoption of cart escalators--long popular in Europe--could open up new possibilities for creating urban stores
Ahmanson Ranch: Politics And Planning
No tract map hearing for an already approved housing development has ever drawn as much attention as the Ahmanson Ranch project on the edge of Los Angeles.
Cities Consider Stricter Codes For Student 'slums'
Raliegh, NC, considers restrictions on homes with more than two unrelated persons.
Hospital To Leave Town Center For Out-County
Leaving the Downtown was not just a post-WWII phenomenon.
Secrets To Downtown Revitalization
"Urban surgeon" Jon Jerde has plans to revitalize Sacramento's gritty downtown -- the largest undeveloped downtown land in any major U.S. city.
To Be An Average American
The third in a series of four articles that tell the stories of how immigrants are changing the face of the Old South.
Farmers Vs. Sprawl
The Christian Science Monitor tells the story of what may become the largest farm-to-city water transfer in US history.
UGBs Show Mixed Results In Amish Country
In the Amish Country of Lancaster County, PA, Urban Growth Boundaries have had modest success in containing growth and preserving farmland.
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
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.
