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National Trend Toward Edge Cities Continues
The newly-released journey-to-work Census data confirms a decades-long national trend toward 'edge cities.'
Nation's Most Chaotic Traffic Pattern
New Jersey has one of the nation's most chaotic traffic patterns. Is mass transit up to the challenge?
An Industrial Nightmare In San Francisco?
The SF Weekly details the story of how San Francisco planners, trying to save the city's dwindling industrial base, have damaged the city's economic future.
Reverse Commuting Picks Up Speed
The nation's commuting patterns are getting more complex.
The SmartCode: A Weapon To Fight The Sprawl War
'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.
Residential Reuse Of Industrial Sites Increasing
The urban living boom is causing many to re-examine the residential potential of industrial and brownfield sites.
Ohio's Slanted Pavement
How Ohio's highway spending shortchanges cities and suburbs.
Federal Programs Blamed For Segregated Neighborhoods
Government promotion of home ownership leads to segregated neighborhoods.
Flood Of Money Yields Scant Improvement In State Roads
Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".
The World's Most Fortified Building
The soaring new U.S. Embassy in Nairobi -- built to replace the previous one bombed by terrorists -- could be a model for security.
Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities And Suburbs
This paper on Ohio's transportation spending places a disportionate fiscal burden on urban jurisdictions while supporting the spread of development into exurban and rural areas.
Intimate Anonymity
Israeli architect and academic Hillel Shocken, is an attempt to decode why cities have been so successful as human habitats for so long.
The Assault On Smart Growth
Even as Smart Growth garners new supporters, a smear campaign attempts to discredit the movement.
An Assessment Of State DOTs
Only 11 state departments of transportation (DOT) have bicycle and pedestrian plans, and routinely accommodate bicycles and pedestrians in state highway projects.
Architecture's New Hope?
Will Daniel Libeskind's success rebuild the reputation of the architectural profession?
Cendant Corp. Is Running Scared
The nation's largest real estate franchise, is calling for the National Association of Realtors policing real estate listings on the Internet.
America's Last Great Walking City
Philadelphia is a city with a compact downtown and a human scale.
Baltimore Will Not Seek Rail Funding
The Ehrlich administration has declared that it will not seek additional transit funding. Is Baltimore falling behind?
Architecture: 'Commission Of The Century'
An obscure and radical theorist becomes architecture's hottest new star. Here is the story of Daniel Libeskind.
New York Crosswalks Become Inviolate
In the capital of pedestrian fatalities, a new law aims to make crosswalks inviolate. But in the land of hustle, many doubt that antsy drivers will comply.
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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