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Fixing San Francisco's Public Transit
San Francisco's reputation as a great public-transit mecca is being tarnished by poor reliability of its buses, trains and cable cars.
Is National Geographic's Presentation of Sprawl Wrong?
Randal O'Toole presents a scathing response to National Geographic's July, 2001 presentation of urban sprawl.
The War Between National Parks And Development
Time Magazine presents a series of articles that evaluate how development across the West is renewing debate over the use of natural resources.
Property Rights Win In Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 for a property owner in a closely watched takings case from Rhode Island.
Tampa Envisions Rail Station Over Freeway
State Sen. Jim Sebesta said he hopes his "outside the box" plan for a high-speed rail terminal straddling Interstate 275 in Tampa generates ideas, even if it's never built.
'Bus Rapid Transit': An Alternative For Light Rail?
The 'bus rapid transit system" is a bus service made to work like a rail system without the high cost of a light-rail system.
The Most Vital 'Boomburbs' In The Country
The Fannie Mae Foundation has listed the 53 most vital 'boomburbs' in the country. Almost half are in California.
Top Eight Technology Cities
Worried about the slowing economy and dot-com crashes? Infoworld has published a list of the top eight regions in the U.S. with a healthy high-tech future.
St. Louis Needs A New Monument
The striking St. Louis Arch is an icon of the city's past, and sends the wrong symbolic message. Is it time for a new monument?
U.S. Wetlands Protection Efforts Failing
A National Academy of Sciences study says that U.S. efforts to protect wetlands are failing.
Cities Need Suburbs
Urban cities and their suburbs together create world-class metropolitan regions.
Planning Is The Problem
A United Kingdom publication charges that New Urbanism is authoritarian and the real problem with cities is planning.
California's Water Deals
Is the battle for Californian's state water rights turning ugly?
Klamath Falls Flashpoint Explained
Humans and animals clash at Klamath Falls in a conflict caused by the Endangered Species Act.
Who Sprawls The Most?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, cities in the East are sprawling faster then their West coast counterparts.
Sprawl Backlash: Profile Of Eco-Terrorists
Time Magazine profiles the eco-terrorist green guerrillas of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).
The Real Cost Of Prisons
How much does it cost your state to lock up criminals? Who is being held behind bars in each state? An interactive atlas makes innovative use of technology to answer these questions?
Book Review: 'Restoring The Ecology Of Childhood'
A review of Sara Stein's "Noah's Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood", a book on why the environment is a critical part of childhood.
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Who Sprawls The Most?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, cities in the East are sprawling faster than their West coast counterparts.
Banning Weekend Noise In San Marino, CA
Wealth lives in San Marino, California. And they don't like the noise from power lawn tools on weekends and holidays.
City of Thousand Oaks
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Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
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.
