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Smart Growth: Better Jobs, But Higher Housing Prices?
Does the new report by Good Jobs First about smart growth resulting in better jobs also confirm that smart growth raises housing prices?
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Zoning Without Zoning
Many Families of WTC Victims Do Not Support Memorial Designs
A coalition of families of WTC victims grade all eight finalist designs for the WTC Memorial with an "F".
In Community Land Trusts We Trust
Groups around Chicago are using a relatively new strategy to increase affordable housing in the area.
The Unknown Side Of Atlanta's Most Popular Park
There is more to Atlanta's popular Piedmont Park than meets the eye.
Pornography And Urban Renewal
Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?
Encounters With a Land Use Loophole
Environmentalists and residents of Anne Arundel County, MD are worried by the recent development of old waterfront properties that predate current and tougher development regulations.
London Transport's Report On Congestion Pricing
Now six months into its congestion pricing experiment, Transport for London issues its report on Congestion Charging.
World's New Tallest Building Will Open In Tapei
By using 'megacolumns' Taipei's new megatower will top out at 101 stories (508 meters).
IBM Proposes UK Congestion Charging System
The UK government needs to develop a single national technical platform for congestion charging and toll plans.
Province Of Ontario Unveils Smart Growth Agenda
A new agenda promises a Toronto greenbelt, coordinated transit and new curbs on urban sprawl.
Workers Housing Opens In Downtown Salinas
City and developer transform skid-row housing.
Friday Funny: Architecture In The UK
Media villages, branding, adding smell to improve a "gritty urban housing development" are among the topics covered in the latest installment of this advice column.
What Is Gov. Schwarzenegger's Environmental Agenda?
California's new chief of the state's EPA addresses the environmental agenda of the Schwarzenegger administration.
The Emerging Latino New Urbanism
LA City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa addresses the recent conference on Latino New Urbanism sponsored by the Transportation and Land Use Collaborative in Los Angeles. 
Marxist Thought And Planning
Renee Toback writes about the continuing practical relevance of Marxist thought on the field of social planning.
Salt Lake City Region Pursues Commuter Rail
Wasatch Front cities negotiate agreements to pave the way for Utah's first commuter rail.
Was The California Recall Election Really About Cars And Sprawl?
'Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was a knockout Thursday in a new role: San Fernando Valley car salesman.'
Rails-To-Trails: A New Paradigm
Unused rails are being converted into important urban trail infrastructure.
The Flowering Of Manhattan's Bowery
From first-hand experience, Peter Slatin chronicles the flowering of The Bowery, one of Manhattan's true historic thoroughfares.
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.
