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Airboard: Segway's Futuristic Cousin
Unlike the Segway Human Transporter, the Airboard, a "hovering scooter" is not being marketed as a utilitarian transportation device.
Sonoma County Offers Lessons In Preserving Land
Ventura County, CA is proposing the creation of a land conservation district.
Top 10 Areas With Highest Vehicle-pedestrian Fatalities
The Road Information Program publishes its list of top ten urban areas with the highest rate of fatalities involving vehicles and pedestrians.
An Interview With Jim Kunstler
Karen O'Keefe interviews Jim Kunstler -- "New Urbanist and spokesman for the angst of the American soul."
Trump's Chicago Skyscraper Is Disappointing
Blair Kamin reviews the design of the riverfront skyscraper that Donald Trump is planning to build in Chicago.
The Long Road To Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
Individuals from outside the usual government circles have taken the lead in charting Lower Manhattan's long-term rebuilding.
Affordable Housing: The Problem Is Planning
A Northern California community development director says that the problem of affodable housing is the fault of poor planning.
Homelessness Reaches Record Levels In U.S. Cities
Cities across the nation are experiencing a sudden surge in homelessness. Housing prices, slowing economy, layoffs, Sept. 11 attacks, and a reduced flow of donations to charties that help the disadvantaged are factors that have contributed to the crisis.
HUD Plan For Affordable Housing In NYC
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez and New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today announced a five-year plan to save affordable housing for 1,500 families.
Train To Plane: A New Connection
A $415 million link connects Newark International Airport's airport monorail to the region's railroad network
L.A.'s Crackdown On Illegal Housing
Los Angeles' code enforcement crackdown on illegal housing units has several unforunate consequences.
Galveston Rejects Port Merger
Talked about for decades, a proposal to merge Galveston's historic port with the Port of Houston fails.
Respected Landscape Architect A. E. Bye Dies At 82
Arthur Edwin Bye, a landscape architect, author, and professor, was the first to advocate use of native plant materials.
Shaping The City: Sound Design Objectives
Roger K. Lewis writes about the architectural challeges of acoustic design in structures and space.
APA Debuts New Website
After a comprehensive user survey and over a year of development, the American Planning Association unveiled its newly designed website on Tuesday.
The Deadly Side Of Orlando's Growth
The region's roads simply haven't been designed to handle the crush of people now using them, and as a result the area now has the highest level of traffic fatalities in the nation.
Why It's Good To Live In Downtown
An Arizona Republic columnist who lives in midtown Phoenix shares the advantages to living in the city.
Cityscape: Of Shopping And Smart Growth
Benjamin Forgey reviews the architecture and urban design of two mixed-use development projects in Virginia.
Suburbs And The Census: Patterns Of Growth And Decline
This paper examines nearly 2,600 suburbs in 35 metropolitan areas, and finds that, suburban population growth and decline is highly uneven, with declining suburbs concentrated mainly in older metro areas of the Midwest and the Northeast.
Report: Ventura County, CA, Faces Severe Housing Shortage
Study says Ventura County, CA, is facing a severe housing crisis and will run out of housing by 2008.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
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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