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APA Lauds New Illinois Smart Growth Statute
Illinois enacts Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.
Submit Your WTC Design
It's official: Ground Zero design study underway, and architects and planners around the world are (finally) invited.
Manufactured Homes Gaining Mainstream Acceptance?
Manufactured homes have generally had the allure of affordability. Now, as the aesthetic appeal improves, will public acceptance follow?
Downtown Atlanta Swimming In Good News
$200 million state of the art aquarium to be built next to Centennial Olympic Park
2 Million Petition For Sustainable Energy
Technologies such as solar home systems, micro hydroelectricity generators, small wind turbines, wave energy and biogas are viable energy alternatives.
Putting NYC In A Pickle Jar For Future Generations?
Suirrel away the maps of NYC on a server away from the city, just in case - life in the world of GIS in a post 9/11 city
Digitizing Sanborn Maps For Research
D-Lib Magazine documents attempts to digitize Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps™ for research by planner, demographers and others.
Cities With Most Pedestrian Deaths
According to the Surface Transportation Policy Project, California cities have the greatest number of pedestrian deaths.
Minnesota's DOT New 20-Year Plan
Minnesota Transportation Commissioner is preparing a new plan to guide the MnDOT for the next 20 years.
Affordable Housing And Sprawl
Five opinions on how to control sprawl and make housing affordable in the Bay Area.
How To Manage Sprawl
This article discusses the current trend of increasing urban populations and how to resolve the issues they create.
Debunking The Claims Of Transit Critics
Sam Zimmerman argues transit opponents have been using "irrelevant or half-true claims."
Suburban Assault Vehicle
These converted SUVs feature 50-caliber machine guns or a 40mm grenade launcher and armor plating.
Talent Search For New WTC Designs
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. plans to hire up to five new firms to offer a diversity of new designs for the WTC site.
GIS Becomes Mainstream
In the last three years, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become a mainstream technology in the enterprise, says CIO Magazine.
Attack Of The Giant Billboards
Important buildings in Poland's cities are being covered up by giant billboards.
Architecture And Politics
Architecture is inseparable from politics.
A 'Batty' Idea To Save Sick Forests
Mississippi State University researchers use bats to assess the health of a forest.
Bad Planning Ethics
An example in Contra Costa, CA of politics subverting the planning process.
Scooters Gain In Popularity Despite Ban
Scooters: They were outlawed from the streets two years ago, but commuters are riding them anyway, and a city councilman wants to end the ban.
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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