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Cities Become Post-Nomadic
After a half-century of ever-increasing mobility, Americans are becoming more sedentary. What does this mean for cities?
California Governor Says Speed Up Enviromental Reviews
A $1.8-billion transportation project backlog has prompted Gov. Gray Davis to order state officials to speed up the environmental review process that often keeps freeway and transit projects on hold for years.
Don't Use The 'Z' Word
What's so bad about Zoning? Planner and attorney Edward McMahon separates the myths from the facts.
Memphis Is Reconnecting With Its Waterfront
Cities are discovering that their waterfronts are more valuable as commercial destinations than for manufacturing.
The Mighty Mississippi: A Tourist Destination?
The Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating how to turn the Mississippi riverfront in Missouri and Illinois into tourist destinations.
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Don't Use The 'Z' Word
What's so bad about Zoning? Planner and attorney Edward McMahon separates the myths from the facts. At its best, zoning can help strike the elusive balance between quality of life and economic vitality.
Do Federal Funds Better Support Cities Or Suburbs?
Federal funds do not support all parts of the metropolitan area in the same way. This paper examines effects of that spending on development in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Philadelphia Has Only One Problem
This opinion column argues that rich households are treated as an enemy of city policy rather than as something to be pursued.
New Beginnings For Toronto's Neglected Waterfront
Toronto's central waterfront — that large, missing tooth in the city's smile — comes under unprecedented public scrutiny this week.
Metro Atlanta Leaders Seek Ideas From Crystal City
Delegation seeks advice from Crystal City complex managers about dreams of emulating the D.C. development near the Atlanta airport.
MA Communities Treat Growth With Scrutiny
Concerned about being overrun by new subdivisions, Bolton, MA has adopted a decidedly phased growth approach.
Engineers Uncover New Details Of WTC Collapse
Structural engineers debate over how the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
Riverfront Redevelopment: A Booming Trend
Cities across the nation are reconnecting with rivers; riverfront redevelopment is booming for aesthetic, environmental, and economic reasons and also as an "antidote" to sprawl.
Planner Confronts A Daunting Challenge
The Chairman of New York's Planning Commission faces a daunting challenge in planning to rebuild New York.
Cartoonitecture
What is cartoonitecture? Drive into the suburbs and go to the biggest new shopping center you can find.
A City In A Box
Despite Sony's best efforts careful packaging is replacement for real urban life.
Gateway Village May Become Atlanta's New Gateway
Visitors arriving at Hartsfield International Airport will be able to head for the new minicity of Gateway Village.
Alternative Energy: Technology Is Ready, Business Is Not
The technology for renewable energy sources is ready for deployment but companies haven't figured out how to create a business based on the engineering advances.
Amtrak Sued By High-Speed Train Maker
The company building high-speed trains for Amtrak's Washington-Boston route has sued the railroad.
Port Townsend: Life On The Edge
Port Townsend, set on the Quimper Peninsula in Washington, feels a little like its own island. For many, it's the end of the road.
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.
