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Debate Over Malibu's 'Hollywood' Coastline
Have 27 miles of prime Malibu coastland in California become simply "garage doors of the rich and famous?"
Strong Support For Transit Fixes
Seattle area residents support transportation fixes even if their own commutes won't improve. Is it for altruistic reasons or because they want mass transit for other people?
Seven Visionary Plans For Ground Zero
New York Metro presents seven architectural visionaries, and their plans for Ground Zero.
Citizens' Group Uses 'Outreach' Grant For Lawsuit
A citizens' group in the Boston area funds a lawsuit against a city Planning Board with grant money that was given for "outreach"
What 'Global Cities' Need To Do To Be Successful
Are global cities such as Los Angeles, London, and New York are headed into a decline?
Census Bureau: U.S. Poverty Increases
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that poverty in the nation increased and income went down.
Smoggiest Cities In The Nation
California, Pennsylvania and Texas were the smoggiest states based on the number of exceedances of the health standard.
Passage Of Planned Growth Strategy Signals New Era
The Planned Growth Strategy approved on a 7-2 vote by the Albuquerque city council is intended to encourage growth in older parts of the city that have existing services, such as school capacity, roads and sewer and water service.
Parking Spot Battles
Apartment dwellers and owners of single-family homes clash over street parking.
Farmland Security Perimeter
Eight Madera County, CA farmers have drawn a line in the soil by creating special type of urban growth boundary that could become a nationwide model.
Single 'Smart Card' System For Mass Transit
San Diego County is planning on using a single "smart-card" system for buses, trolley, and commuter rail.
Does Crime Follow Sprawl?
The Philadeplhia Inquirer draws a connection between urban sprawl and increased crime in South Jersey.
What's Happening To Architecture?
Hugh Pearman write about what should win architecture's Stirling Prize, but probably won't.
Many New Skyscrapers Planned
Despite suggestions that 9/11 would see the end of the skyscraper as a building type, many new towers are planned.
Saving The Disappearing Coast
Every year, a part of the U.S. coastline the size of Manhattan, disappears into the sea. Will the efforts to save the coast trigger negative side-effects?
Toronto's Vision
The Globe and Mail calls Toronto's new official city plan "utterly sensible."
Toronto's New City Plan
Toronto city planners have distilled the official plans from seven municipal entitites to draft an abmitious new city plan.
The Great Unknown Environmental Disaster
It is one of the worst environmental disasters in the U.S. but it hardly receives any publicity.
How To Solve Houston's Mobility Problems?
Polly Ledvina and David Crossley argue that there are better ways to solve traffic problems than investing $1.5 billion to double the size of the Katy Freeway.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
