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Average U.S. Commute Is 26 Minutes
The average daily one-way commute to work in the United States takes slightly more than 26 minutes.
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Secret Geography
Discovering secret geography -- the alleys and small streets, often with shops and restaurants, that are largely invisible from major streets -- you begin to feel ownership over a slice of the city.
Bush, Oil, And The Global Climate Crisis
An interview with environmental reporter and author Ross Gelbspan.
End Of The Line For Ahmanson Ranch Development
A 17-year battle between developers and environmentalists comes to an end as 2,800-acre Ahmanson Ranch is sold to the state for $150 million.
Ground Zero Rebuilding: Open, Yet Secretive
Plans for redevelopment of the World Trade Center site continue to evolve.
Palo Alto Conducts Fiber-optic Cost-Benefit Analysis
Can and should Palo Alto, CA wire the city with Fiber-optic cable to compete with commercial services?
California's Sustainable Revolution
While the recall election has focused the attention of the media onto the budget crisis, California has quietly proceeded with a progressive model for sustainable building that is being reviewed and replicated nationwide.
Why Bother With The General Plan?
Why bother with the silly (and unfunded) mandate to update Sacramento's General Plan, which is roundly ignored by everyone, asks Mark Dempsey.
Bush Administration Sabotaged Environmental Research
An investigation reveals that the Bush White House has tried to underplay the seriousness of global warming by covering up research of its own scientists.
Santa Clarita Planning Director Steps Down
Santa Clarita, CA planning director Jeff Lambert steps down to start his own business.
Climate Change: Largest Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks
Scientists say the breakup of the largest ice shelf in the Northern Hemisphere is evidence of global warming and a harbinger of future events.
Zoomorphic
What if buildings look like animals? London's Victoria and Albert Museum have drawn on the inspiration of animals for their architecture.
Environment, Sprawl, And The Next EPA Chief
According to Parris Glendening, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, nominated by President for the post of the cheif administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is the right person for the job.
Ordinances That Promote Physical Activity
An academic journal article in the American Journal of Public Health surveys municipal ordinances that promote physical activity.
Insurance And Coastal Development
FEMA may subsidize coastal sprawl in hurricane areas, since market rate insurance would be too high for most.
Soldier Field's Dome Spoils Chicago's Lakefront
Chicago architecture critic Blair Kamin calls the redesigned Soldier Field a 'brilliant and ultimately jarring failure.'
Make Every Drop Count...Or Else
Suffering from drought, city inspectors patrol neighborhoods to enforce its newly implemented water restrictions.
Livable, But Not Affordable
Columbia, MD, a planned community developed by the Rouse Co. in 1967, is experiencing an affordable housing shortage.
How FEMA Encourages High-Risk Coastal Sprawl
How the Federal Emergency Management Agency encourages coastal sprawl.
Fewer Corner Gas Stations?
Local gas stations are being threatened as big-box outlets offer gas for lower prices.
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.
