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Transportation Fairy Tales?
Wendell Cox charges that Ventura County, CA's plans to promote alternative transit strategies over expanding highways is a "fairy tale" that will result in additional pollution and more traffic.
Mobile Home Parks Disappear Amid Real Estate Boom
Residents of mobile home parks being bulldozed to make way for new homes and apartments find they have no place to go.
'Hot' Hotel Group Goes Public
When Morgans Hotel Group (OTC: MHGC) goes public, will investors find its stock as hot as its hotels?
A New Generation Of Super Small Cars
While Detroit is still obsessed with gas guzzlers, Japanese automakers are bringing out a new line of subcompact cars.
The Age of Corporate Environmentalism
Big business has learned that it's pretty easy being green.
The Digital Divide In Cleveland
Despite a number of technology awards, only about half of the city's adults have internet access, and even fewer have broadband connections.
Funding Non-Profits Through BIDs
In Philadelphia, small non-profits can force payment from area businesses and owners through Business Improvement District regulations.
Mike Davis's New Book: Planet Of Slums
What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?
Growth Threatens Water Supplies
New Maryland real estate developments are straining water-supply networks and could lead to chronic shortages and water-use restrictions.
Environmentalists Oppose Sale Of Public Land
California environmentalists criticize Bush administration's plan to sale of over 300,000 acres of public land.
San Antonio's Economic Pillar: The Military
What does the newest base closing order mean for San Antonio? The Alamo City is nervous about losing more of its military installations.
The Futility of Hybrid Cars
Hybrid cars are just an expensive symbol, not a true solution to our energy problems, argues David Leonhardt.
Smart Growth as a Research Topic
Let's say the idea of smart growth is a good one. Does that leave room for research questions, asks Randall Crane in UCLA's Department of Urban Planning.
The Paradox Of U.S. Environmentalism
Environmental problems plague poor Americans, so why is the green movement thought to be only for the rich?
Bill Addresses Need for Affordable Military Housing
Congress gets ready to respond as members of the armed forces face housing shortages at their duty stations across the country.
Smart Growth Comes to Boston's Suburbs
Compact, walkable development near public transit may be the next big real estate boom in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Globe's Sunday magazine.
'The Tao Gals' Guide To Real Estate'
A new book blends real estate market fixation with Eastern philosophy-inspired self-help advice.
California's Only Affordable County
In remote Modoc County, the median home price just passed $100,000 -- and this only six-and-a-half hours from San Francisco.
The Price Of History
Residents of Rome's historic center are protesting exorbitant rental prices, prompting a decree from Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi postponing a slew of evictions.
Architect Of The Next Great Urban Park
Landscape architect Ken Smith is in charge of designing the transformation of the abandoned El Toro military base in Irvine, CA, into a park bigger than New York City's Central Park.
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.
