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Can Aerial Drones Unsnarl Traffic?
Pilotless planes like those used by the U.S. military will be tested in Ohio to battle traffic jams.
Trees Or Jobs: Choose One
An industrial project could create up to 7,000 jobs but there's a catch. It involves cutting down 1,400 oak trees.
Newhall Ranch Approved: Model Planned Community Or Sprawl?
The largest residential development project in Los Angeles County's history is approved.
UK's Most Creative City
Ethnic diversity, gay-friendliness, a rich architectural heritage, and a large and thriving student population with three universities ranks this city as U.K.'s most bohemian.
Radical Environmental Group ELF Burns Houses
The radical environmentalist group, Environmental Liberation Front, burned two houses near Ann Arbor. 'ELF, no sprawl' was spray-painted on a neighboring house.
Transit-Oriented Development: Density, Design, and Diversity
What planners can do to ensure that transit-oriented development works as advertized.
Latino Immigrants' Influence On Southern States
Police and others are learning Spanish to accommodate the growing population from Mexico and Central America.
Horizon West: A Model Community Or Suburban Sprawl?
Horizon West's innovation design is supposed to weave in the benefits of traditional downtown neighborhoods but critics say it is just sprawl under a different label.
Smart Growth Attack Is Confused
Dr. Howard Frumkin responds to last week's editorial by the Reason Foundation, "Smart growth types' dumb rhetoric."
Saving Atlanta's Most Endangered Building
Preservation groups will purchase part of historic property.
Intelligent Transportation: Urgent For Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's Secretary of Public Works illustrates the potential for an integrated mass transit system in conjuction with the opening of San Juan's new heavy rail system.
Budgets, Privatization Plans Threaten National Park System
As another summer vacation season begins this Memorial Day weekend, several former park-service executives voice fears that the entire national-park system is menaced by a hidden crisis.
Navajo Sues For Colorado River Rights
The Navajo Nation asserts that it has rights to water allocations from the Lower Colorado River Basin.
Doonesbury Takes SUV Arms Race To Next Level
The M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle -- the final Word in family transportation!
Retirees Breathe New Life Into Fading Towns
Increasing numbers of cities and states are turning to retirees for economic growth.
WWII Era Housing To Be Replaced By Mixed-Use Village
Baltimore-area housing project to be redeveloped as mixed-use village as part of revitalization effort.
The Largest 'Green' Building In The World
The new $370 million David L. Lawrence Convention Center on the banks of the Allegheny River is the world's largest green building.
California's Transformation From Farm To Megalopolis
Riverside, California is the poster child for the state's 60-year transformation from a farming state to a 'sprawling megalopolis.'
A New Field Of Planning: 'Replanning'
Planning for reconstruction and rebuilding in places like Iraq is neglected by the planning profession.
Can Good Behavior Be Legislated?
City's morality effort aims to make the beach a little less coarse.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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