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Questioning New York City's Sustinability Plan
<p>With Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan defeated, can the city's vision for long-term sustainability be achieved?</p>
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Planning Juno
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Many viewers may not fully appreciate movies as a visual story-telling medium, but that fact came home to me dramatically the other night while watching “</font><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#800080">Juno</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">,” the off beat, smart and funny film that just snagged a best screenplay Oscar. The deliberate use of architecture and public spaces, in particular, was quite effective although you probably won’t find these references in plot summaries or synopses. </font> </p>
Gray Gold: Housing The Baby Boomers
<p>A recent working paper considers the implications of housing the nation's aging population.</p>
Words Of Advice For The New Urbanism Movement
<p>While The New Urbanism has certainly helped to change the way people think about how communities can be built, it's still seen as a boutique product. More needs to be done if New Urbanist developments are to really compete with mainstream sprawl.</p>
Do Houston Residents Want Zoning?
<p>With planning likely to become a major issue in next year's mayoral campaign, a recent survey shows that most residents would support new rules -- including possibly land use zoning -- to manage the region's sprawling development.</p>
To Save Detroit, Plan For A Smaller City
<p>A recent editorial argues that Detroit must look for ways to concentrate its dwindling population in a smaller, more compact city if it is to survive.</p>
Are Insurance Premiums The Key To Getting Americans To Drive Less?
<p>Forget congestion pricing and higher gas taxes -- accurately priced pay-as-you-go auto insurance might be the best financial incentive tool for encouraging people to change their driving habits.</p>
Chinatown BID Plans Fuel Debate
<p>Facing gentrification and skyrocketing property prices, business owners in New York's Chinatown are thinking about forming a Business Improvement District. Many say the plan would hurt small businesses.</p>
Tapped Out
<p>America is reaching the limits of its water supply, signaling a need to change urban development, energy and agricultural practices, writes Shiney Varghese of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.</p>
New Website Shows Impact Of Transportation On Housing Costs
<p>A new interactive mapping website launched by the Center for Neighborhood Technology in partnership with The Brookings Institution shows how affordability changes from neighborhood to neighborhood based on housing and transportation.</p>
Redevelopment On Horizon For India's 'Recycling' Slum
<p>Plans to redevelop Asia's largest slum will displace over 1 million people, many of whom earn their livelihood recycling Mumbai's trash.</p>
FEATURE
Will the American Institute of Certified Planners Live By the Principles it Promotes?
The continuing education program of the American Planning Association's American Institute of Certified Planners has stirred much controversy amongst members, educators and officials. Many agree the system's flaws need to be addressed. But where is the public discussion?
City Silences Cell Phones On Transit
<p>Responding to the growing backslash against cell phone chatter, the city of Graz, Austria has banned cell phone use on its public transit system.</p>
Kalamazoo Leverages Historic Preservation As Economic Development Tool
<p>Older buildings with lower rents have enabled new businesses to startup in this Michigan city's lively downtown.</p>
The Coming Shift In Commuting Patterns?
<p>With boomers set to retire, and more small and home-based business cropping up, its likely more and more people will be skipping the morning and afternoon rush hours. But how will such a change impact our traffic patterns?</p>
Plans Unveiled for New York City's First 'Transitway'
<p>The New York City Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority unveiled the city's current Bus Rapid Transit program earlier this week, including a project that would "redefine the public realm" on Manhattan's 34th Street.</p>
Support Wanes for Turkey's Controversial Dam
<p>A massive dam project in Turkey that would flood historic areas and displace 50,000 people is losing international support, as officials in Germany threaten to pull out of the project -- often called a smaller version of China's Three Gorges Dam.</p>
Architects Redefining The Retail Project
<p>Architype Review profiles 8 retail buildings in the words and images of their design teams.</p>
Gas Prices Continue To Push Motorists Onto Transit
In the sprawling Atlanta region, some and bus lines are experiencing overcrowding due to the soaring number of transit commuters.
Feeling Down On Main Street
<p>In the wake of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's recent gaffe, New York Times blogger Timothy Egan sheds some light on the reality of rural America and its role in America's future.</p>
City of Clovis
City of Moorpark
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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