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All-time Top Planning Books
Planetizen has published the definitive urban planning book list -- the titles that every planner should read.
Slowing Sprawl
Mequon, WI, learns the price tag for slowing sprawl as it puts together a task force to protect farmland and open space from development over the next 20 years.
Get Your Urban Sprawl Parking Ticket
Adbusters has created a fake but realistic parking ticket to put on vehicles that damage the environment.
Preservation Lands Being Threatened
Increasingly government agencies are looking at state held land, often enviromentally senstive, for new projects.
Urban Cool Eclipsed By Country Living
According to New York fashion, clothing styles now favor country living over gritty urban reality.
Irreverent Humor Of A Contrarian Planner
"Common Sense" is a collection of over 75 published essays on the politics of land use planning.
Planning For The End Of Sprawl
The New York Times reviews The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl, by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton.
Carfree Cities?
For most Americans the idea of a car-free city is revolutionary. But is it possible?
Embarking On A Light Rail Project
The city of Charlotte is preparing to break ground on its first light rail line next month after years of study and planning.
Concrete Slab City
Deep in the Southern California desert, a temporary town blooms every winter.
High Speed Cars On Rails?
A new proposal in Florida would have users strap their cars to high speed rail platforms.
D.C.'s Metrorail Green Line Cars Delayed
Electronic problems cause delays in the delivery of new subway cars.
California: No Longer A Golden State?
California has failed to reinvest in itself. As a result, the energy crisis is only the tip of a looming iceberg.
Architectural Monuments: What Message?
What do architectural monuments say about their owners? Are they required to light fires in the human mind?
No. Virginia's New Transit Board
Fairfax County seeks more control of a newly-formed transportation board.
Sensible Development Preserves Open Land
A land use task force in Macomb County, MI, aims to protect farmland and open spaces.
El Segundo, CA Drops LAX Suit
El Segundo says that LAX has begun complying with environmental disclosure laws. It will continue to oppose growth.
FEMA Flood Maps Online
Businesses and consumers can now directly order floodmaps online through FEMA.
Complex Deal Directs Growth Away From Falls
A new deal in Washington would keep development away from the Snoqualmie Falls and surrounding forest areas.
Bush's Impact On California Land Use
Incoming President Bush is likely to make significant changes in the federal government's role over California's land resources.
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
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Planning for Universal Design
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