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Washington To Help Pay For South Florida Transit
Miami's Tri-Rail system is getting a boost in the form of federal dollars to complete a proposed expansion of the rail line.
Global Warming U-Turn A National Disgrace
Kevin Sweeney criticizes the Bush administration's decision to pull out of the Kyoto global warming treaty.
U.K. Harnesses Wind Energy
A U.K. project to power a million households with wind energy will help the country meet its obligations to reduce global warming.
Census: American Indian Reservations Growing
A new generation is coming back to American Indian reservations in search of culture and wealth.
Planning For A Sustainable Bay Area
A 25-year plan titled "Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area: Economy, Environment, Equity" is available for public comment. It tackles some of the Bay Area's toughest planning issues.
Urbanizing Orange County
Traditionally known as the low density suburban neighbor of Los Angeles, the region has discovered that it is becoming denser than its urban counterpart.
Sprawl: It's Market-driven Growth
Sprawl offends urban planners, but it's just market-oriented growth to the business community.
Code-free Zone Urged In Baltimore
Well-known architect and planner Andres Duany has recommended that Baltimore designate a small part of downtown as "code-free" to stimulate growth.
The Country's Most Notorious Road System
Caltrans district 7 includes every freeway in Los Angeles and is perhaps the most notorious road system in the country.
Getting Regionalism To Work
With the region expecting 1 million new residents by 2020, officials in San Diego are trying once again to improve regional planning efforts.
Sustaining Atlanta's Growth
Since 1950, the city has experienced phenomenal growth. Planning experts are wondering how long it can last.
Controlling Rocky Mountain Sprawl
Legislators are battling over the state's new growth control bill, which may or may not require regional planning.
Growth Follows New England Highway
Along Interstate 495, once rural areas have given way to suburban sprawl and the new edge cities of New England.
The Trouble With The Techway
Smart growth And sprawl collide in the nation's capital over the Techway project.
Rural Growth Limits Provoke Legal Threats
Rural growth limits in King County, WA, aim to curtail the size of churches. A prominent legal-defense fund based in the nation's capital is threatening to sue.
Looking For The New City
Book reviews of 'Hollow City' by Rebecca Solnit and 'The Regional City' by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton, two books looking at today's hotly-debated planning issues.
Desert Water To Be Used By MWD
In a move that California environmentalists fear, the MWD has approved a plan to pump water from the Mojave underground aquifer.
USC Beats UCLA In Planning Contest
Graduate students from USC evened the score with UCLA last week by winning the fourth annual planning contest.
Escape From Connecticut's Cities
This op-ed by Bruce Katz argues that in order for Hartford and other older cities in Connecticut to socially and economically recover, the cities and state need to take radical approaches.
Sprawl = Injustice
The sprawling suburbanization of America has implications for both planning and social justice -- it penalizes the millions of Americans who are too poor to drive.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
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.
