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Here Comes The Sun
City in California hopes to cut down on electricity bills and improve the environment with the largest solar projects of its kind on the West Coast.
UnSprawl Case Study: Horizon West
Horizon West, located in southwest Orange County, Florida, is a new community of mixed-use villages designed to reflect classic principles of Garden Cities and New Urbanism.
A Wireless City
The largest wireless deployment in the nation promises to bring broadband Internet access to an entire city.
Schwarzenegger: Cut Billions For Transportation
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes canceling state support for $5.4 billion worth of highway and transit projects.
Bus Rapid Or Rail?
A push for bus rapid marks a reversal of Maryland's position on the region's biggest transit project.
Controversial Environmental Policies Deserve Debate
New York Times editorial criticizes two controversial legislative riders being reviewed by the U.S. Senate.
Housing Can Be Affordable, Attractive, And 'Green'
Neal Peirce reviews a design competition that encourages fresh ideas for affordable housing that is attractive and uses environmentally friendly materials.
How Much Development Near A Heavy Rail Station?
Activists in the Tenleytown area of Washington have a tradition of stopping development projects not to their liking, including some that might be considered Smart Growth.
Mention Of Eminent Domain Disrupts Planning Process
An Albany, NY, neighborhood is split between its desire for revitalization and its distrust of the eminent domain process.
Forthcoming LRT in Phoenix Christened 'Metro'
Phoenix joins major cities such as L.A., Wash. D.C. and Paris with the name chosen for its light rail system.
Planning for Physical Activity in Low Income Areas
Kristen Day discusses the importance of sensitive planning in increasing physical activity in urban, low income communities.
Is Detroit Being Reclaimed By Nature?
A third of Detroit's 139-square-miles now consists of weed-choked lots and deteriorating buildings.
Iraq Faces Affordable Housing Shortage
The housing shortage in Iraq is reaching catastrophic proportions; past neglect of housing, rent hikes and damages caused by recent war are to blame.
Development Limits Upheld
A Florida court overturns a local judge's ruling that would have allowed property owners to build on up to 15,000 lots created before strict land-use requirements were enacted.
The Death and Life of Great American Suburbs
Boomburbs, like Naperville, IL and Plano, TX, are faced with challenges as well as opportunities to curb decline and to overcome suburban challenges such as traffic.
Affordable Housing Costs More
As the economy is slumping, affordable housing cannot compete with market rates.
Local Officials Clash With Manufactured Housing Industry
The State of Michigan will decide whether or not mobile home residents are currently paying their fair share for road repairs, schools and public services.
Goldberg: A Response To Smart Growth Critics
David Goldberg offers a compelling response to critics who charge that the current, sprawl-generating system, will produce enough affordable housing.
Mount Laurel Requirements to Change
New rules to Mount Laurel requirements in New Jersey mean more local control over growth to some, and increased segregation to others.
GIS: A Tool For Improving Community Livability
This fact sheet from the Local Government Commission contains shows communities have used geographic information systems to improve the livability of their communities.
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.
