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Ground Zero In Urban Decline
Reason magazine examines the myriad problems of Cincinnati and finds a pattern that may predict the future of other U.S. cities.
The Johnny Appleseed Of Livable Communities
Writer Tony Hiss interviews New urbanist Dan Burden about his vision for the post-sprawl landscape of the U.S.
Health Impacts Of Sprawl Quantified
A new report quantifies the impact of suburban sprawl on public health through impacts on housing, transportation, and land-use patterns.
Competition To Design WTC Memorial
The World Trade Center owners are suggesting a competition to select the design of a memorial site.
Economic Development Along Atlanta-Macon Line
Economic development to be encouraged along the Atlanta-Macon commuter line.
Bay Area Commuters Avoid Bridges, Crowd Into Trains
Bay Area commuters are avoiding bridges due to concern over possible terrorist attacks. They are opting for trains and ferries instead.
Planning News From Washington D.C.
APA's biweekly update on legislative and public policy issues.
Tenants Don't Abandon New York's Tall Buildings
Real estate brokers say tenants haven't fled tall buildings and condominium sales in skyscrapers are coming back to normal.
Atlantic Station On Track In Atlanta
Atlantic Station, an ambitious multibillion-dollar mixed-use project is ready for the first phase.
Ten Tips For Revising Your General Plan
The community development director for the City of Saratoga, California offers ten things to remember when revising the general plan.
Ten Dream Buildings That Won't Be Built
The UK's Guardian published it's list of the top 10 buildings that remain "a dream or a nightmare."
Atlanta's Real Estate Outlook Is Dim For Next Year
Report says the real estate market in Atlanta, GA, will struggle in 2002 has the potential for a sharp recovery.
Downtown Boom May Reshape Atlanta
With $3 billion in projects in downtown Atlanta, GA, the city may be on its way to becoming a 24-hour city.
Report: World Transportation Study By MIT
A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examines the impact of transportation systems in developing and developed countries on economic development, social welfare and environmental quality.
Bush Dismantling Clinton's Environmental Legacy
In a scathing editorial, the "New York Times" accuses the Bush administration of trying, both overtly and covertly, to dismantle major elements of Bill Clinton's environmental legacy.
Many Eyes Watch New California HCD Program
A new state housing program is intended to encourage home construction in areas with high concentrations of jobs.
California Bay Area Smog Reduction Plan
The Bay Area's smog reduction plan is approved by the California Air Resourced Board, but with provisions.
Architecture Firms Survive World Trade Center Attacks
How architecture and engineering firms that had offices in New York's World Trade Center survived the Sept. 11th and get back to business with help from competing firms.
Monorails: A Vision For The Future Of Transit
Are monorails amusement park curiosities, or legitimate forms of mass transit?
A Land-Use Plan That Bans Everything
They don't want people on the island. There are no stores, no utilities, no power lines. But the island has conflicts.
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.
