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Should Rail Service Get A Bailout?
The U.S. Senate is considering a multibillion-dollar package for passenger-rail service.
How Lending Impacts Low Income Neighborhoods
The Brookings Institution reports on how changes in the financial services industry affect small business lending in urban areas.
The New GPS
A much more accurate global positioning system, or GPS, is being tested that could change how planes and autos are tracked.
Congress Should Commit To Improving Passenger Rail
The U.S. Congress is helping the troubled airline industry. This editorial calls on the Congress to commit to helping passenger rail too.
Building Codes Helped Save Lives At WTC
The World Trade Center buildings -- designed to comply with building codes -- included architectural and structural elements that enabled occupants to evacuate.
Wide Range Of Proposals For Rebuilding WTC
This article reviews the wide range of ideas for rebuilding at the site of the World Trade Center.
Smart Growth Movement Gaining Momentum
The "Smart Growth" movement is gaining momentum and has led to creative solutions to fight sprawl.
Environmental Building Materials Of The Future
'Green' products are becoming more popular as consumer and planners become more familiar with environmental issues.
Is The Sears Tower Safe?
In Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, occupants of the Sears Tower worry about security.
Universities Team Up To Build Nation's Largest Dorm
Three of Chicago universities team up to build the nation's largest student residence hall in downtown Chicago's South Loop area.
WTC: The End Of Business Clustering?
Until a month ago, financial service firms located in lower Manhattan because of the benefits of "clustering."
Urban Sprawl Creates Couch Potatoes
A scientist with the Centers for Disease Control sugggests that sprawl is affecting the public's health.
Critics Oppose Proposed Intermodal Freight Terminal
Critics of a proposal to building an Intermodal Freight Terminal in Detroit, MI, say it will harm a revitalizing neighborhood. City officials say the terminal is necessary for the city's economic health.
Blending Planning And Community Policing
Local strategies blend community policing and planning in Greensboro, North Carolina and Buffalo, New York.
Rebuild 4 Trade Center Towers At Half-Height
The San Francisco Chronicle surveys architectus about what they think should be rebuilt in lower Manhattan.
Can The Skyscraper Survive?
The skyscraper, a signature of 20th century architecture, faces an uncertain future.
WTC Towers: Mapping Ground Zero
Global Positioning technology helps create a three-dimensional picture of the devastation at the site of the World Trade Center attacks.
Defensible Space: Will Terrorism Transform Our Cities?
In the aftermath of the WTC attacks, will security needs transform our cities? This article looks at new urbanism, defensible space, and previous attempts to design secure cities.
Rebuilding Downtown Manhattan
This editorial looks at how downtown Manhattan can re-establish its status as the nation's financial capital and heal a neighborhood.
Fighting Traffic Congestion In Ireland
A special series of twelve articles discussing Ireland's traffic problems and possible solutions.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
