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Seattle Light-rail Line Approved
Sound's Transit board approves plans for a $2.1 billion, 14-mile light-rail system from downtown Seattle to Tukwila.
How Safe Are Our Skyscrapers?
Experts at MIT suggest methods for construction that would prevent catastrophic collapses like that at the World Trade Center.
Atlantic Station: A New Atlanta Envisioned
Huge $2 billion development project will take a decade to complete.
L.A.'s Challenge: To Secede Or Not To Secede
Will secession rip apart a city that is finally beginning to be strong, flexible and responsive?
Urban Village Opens In Pasadena, CA
Paseo Colorado is a New Urbanism project that covers three blocks of Colorado Blvd. Will the retail-residential work?
Architects Need To Rethink Building Design
MIT faculty agree that the terrorists understood the structural weekness of the WTC buildings and exploited it.
Mayor Hahn Involved In Dividing Up L.A.
The Mayor of Los Angeles and the City Council want a say in what goes before voters in 2002 regarding secession.
Rebuilding Subway Near WTC Could Take Years
The damage to subway near the World Trade Center in New York is so severe that damaged sections will have to be completely rebuilt and could take more than two years.
Healing New York With Architecture
The debate continues over what should be built at the site of the World Trade Center in New York and who gets to decide.
Architects, Designers, Meet To Discuss WTC Rebuilding
Design professionals met to discuss ideas for rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York.
Home Depot Ballot Box Planning
The Home Depot takes its case directly to voters for a new store in Mountain View, California.
Attacks Will Change Nature Of Work Space
The terrorist attacks are changing the way architects and planners are thinking about the new look of the American workplace.
Security, Not Expansion, New Airport Focus
The controversial $12-billion plan to expand LAX and accomodate more flights, is to be redrawn to focus on security.
Plan To Fight Total Gridlock In Southern CA
The regional population continues to grow, and with the growth, gridlock in Orange County. Plans to fight are underway.
Real Estate Industry Improves Use Of Web
An increasing number of homes are going up for sale over the Web. The trend is disturbing for some.
Developer Withdraws Proposal For Developing Cranberry Land
A.D. Makepeace Co. has withdrawn its plan for a 6,000-acre development project in anticipation of being rejected at upcoming town meetings.
Atlanta Region Cities Strengthen Tree Ordinances
Most cities in the Atlanta metro region are strengthening tree ordinances as demand for tree protection grows.
Atlanta Shouldn't Fell Downtown Trees For New Parking
Atlanta'vision for its downtown is to encourage pedestrian activity. So why is the city ready to cut downtown trees to make space for new parking?
Public Sector Role In Growth: Lead Or Get Out
Azusa, CA City Manager Rick Cole, offers a blunt perspective of some of the dilemmas inherent in planning, and how they should be solved.
Southern California Bike Highway Plans
Southern California cities moving ahead with bike highway plans -- dubbed the 'Coastal Rail Trail.'
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
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