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ZipCar's Car-Sharing Success
ZipCar has become a way of life for 3.5% of residents in it's hometown of Cambridge, MA.
Suburban DC Embraces Pedestrian Urbanism
Some fear plan for high-density areas will uproot county's suburban qualities.
What Happens When You Build Without Permits?
A Chesapeake Bay homeowner on a small wooded island builds a 3,500-square-foot house without permits.
Free Money For Historic Preservation?
Historic facade easements create a tax windfall in D.C.
Aerial Photographs Of The 1906 Earthquake
A website includes breathtaking aerial photos from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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Discovering Liferay
<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//liferay_thumb1.gif" alt="Liferay thumb" align="right"/>I just discovered <a href="http://www.liferay.com/home/index.jsp">Liferay</a>, an open source portal, after reading <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/">David Fletcher's discussion</a> of Portal Architectures on his blog.<br /> <br /> Although I have seen and evaluated <a href="http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/">PHP Website"</a>, I haven't seen see Liferay, which is equally -- perhaps more -- impressive.
Sensitivity Training
Transportation officials, citizens polishing new people-and-pavement policies
The Mother Of All Boondoggles
The People's Waterfront Coalition (PWC), a group of Seattle activists is lobbying Washington State officials to abandon its costly Bostonesque Alaska Way Viaduct replacement project.
The Perfect Storm Of Urban Planning Gone Wrong?
How Berlin went awry since the fall of the wall.
Small Cars In The Land Of SUVs
An Acura driver gets a ticket for parking in a parking spot reserved for SUVs.
College, City Team Up To Build Affordable Homes
St. Cloud, MN, finds the right mix of student skills and city vision to breathe life into an older neighborhood.
The Emergence Of Geoportals
A new academic paper traces the emergence of geoportals -- the next big thing for geographic information and e-government.
Environmentalist Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Kenyan environmentalist, Wangari Maathai is the first African woman and first environmental activist to win the prize.
Washington Post Weighs In On Smart Growth Principles
Editorial applauds suburban transit-oriented development and encourages officials to plan smartly.
Sam Who?
Bush nominates little-known official, Samuel Bodman, to be energy secretary.
A Place To Dock
Lira Luis’s easy-to-assemble fiberglass kit of parts would make it possible for migrant seafarers in Manila to set up temporary living quarters between jobs.
To Change A City's Looks, Change How City Hall Works
The push to beautify Toronto will inevitably encounter the paralyzing effect of bureaucracy.
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'Computer of The Future' Photo Is A Hoax
According to <a href="http://www.snopes.com/">Urban Legends References Pages</a>, the widely circulated 1954 photograph of what a home computer in 2004 would look like is an Internet hoax. The website provides <a href="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp">details</a>: <br /> <blockquote><br /> Although the photograph displayed could represent what some people in the early 1950s contemplated a "home computer" might look like (based on the technology of the day), it isn't, as the accompanying text claims, a RAND Corporation illustration from 1954 of a prototype "home computer." The picture is actually an entry submitted to an image modification competition, taken from an original photo of a submarine maneuvering room console found on U.S. Navy web site, converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo).</blockquote>
Misconceptions About Land Use And Stormwater Runoff
A new academic study questions fundamental concepts and misconceptions routinely accepted in stormwater quality management.
Udall Urges Bush To Combat Global Warming
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall urges Bush to set up a NATO-like organization to combat global warming.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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.
