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A Sustainable Vision For Ground Zero
A non-profit organization promotes sustainable development in Lower Manhattan.
California Cities Must Reclaim Their Money
California's political system is broken. Local governments in California are handcuffed by Sacramento, and unable to develop their own tax structures and spending priorities.
San Francisco Can Lead The Nation In Using Solar Energy
San Francisco incorporates sustainable building practices, including pilot solar programs, in its own real estate but stymies the use of solar energy by residential and commercial property owners
Safer Urban Driving Through Confusion?
Experiments with traffic circles in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has slowed traffic, but only because drivers are confused.
Center Of The World
An interview with Ric Burns, creater of the PBS American Experience documentary film series about the rise and fall of New York's World Trade Center.
Moscow Begins Construction Of A City Within A City
A site for a proposed airport near downtown will instead be developed as a mixed-use project.
How School Traffic Impacts A Community
How changes in society and preceptions have resulted in the death of the bus and each parent driving jr. to school.
An 'Invisible' House
Planners reject a design for an 'invisible house' designed by the architect behind the London Eye.
East Hampton Candidates Oppose 'Smart Growth'
Do smart growth and preservation go hand-in-hand? Are environmental and social goals directly pitted against one another?
Can L.A.'s River Be Saved?
A collaboration of local government agencies outlines a 10-year plan to restore and clean up the Los Angeles river.
Want To Stop Sprawl? Curb Immigration
Anti-sprawl activists criticize a study that suggest that curbing immigration -- not planning and zoning -- is the solution for urban sprawl.
A Revolution In The French Quarter
Critics say that recent efforts to clean up New Orlean's French Quarter threaten to turn it into a Disneyfied caricature.
Changing Urban Heirarchy Could Spark A New Era Of Urban Development
Joel Kotkin says the nation's biggest cities are weakening while smaller urban centers are gaining power. This dramatic shift will launch a new era of urban development.
Goodbye Car, Hello Bus
In a car crazy culture, a planner decides to make the switch to transit.
New York City's Growth Strategy Is 'Doomed'
Study says New York City's economic development strategy is "obsolete."
Milwaukee's 'Freeway To Nowhere'
Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist leads the effort to remove the city's 'freeway to nowhere' and reconnect a divided downtown.
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Goodbye Car, Hello Bus
In a car crazy culture, a planner decides to make the switch to transit.
WTC: What Footprint At What Price?
As the second anniversary of 9/11 attacks approaches, civility in the debate about the WTC footprint and an appropriate memorial is disappearing.
A Tale Of Two River Cities
St. Louis and Portland are renewing their connections with the rivers that make the cities important.
Spectacular Region Resists Airport Expansion
A ski town in an environmentally spectacular region debates the impact of an airport expansion.
Smith Gee Studio
City of Charlotte
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)
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.
