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Segway Sales Are Anemic
Sales of $8,500 Segway Human Transporter, have been very slow, but could skyrocket when the device becomes available to the general public next year.
Smart Growth Strategies And Housing Affordability
Smart growth strategies undermine President Bush's homeownership initiative.
Lower Quality Of Life For College Neighbors
Residents within one mile of college campuses report lower quality of life in a Harvard University study.
Do Traffic Calming Measures Work?
Opponents of traffic calming measure offer up a host of complaints. Many neighborhood residents have "buyer's remorse."
Florida High Speed Rail Network Discussed
Florida High Speed Rail Authority heard proposals for an Orlando-to-Miami high-speed train.
Etiquette For Boarding A Japanese Train
The differences between how rail commuters in Tokyo and Osaka board the train.
Dealing With Traffic Congestion
Jay Ambrose searches for an answer to traffic congestion.
Decaying Cincinnati Factory Revitalized
Abandoned factories across the country are eyesores and economic development challenges. Cincinnati has taken an innovative historic preservation approach.
Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall
Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
Largest 'Green' Development In U.S.
Harlmen will be home to a groundbreaking, energy-efficient, affordable multifamily housing condominium using "smart" technologies.
Clean Coal And A Hydrogen Future
Can "clean coal" slow down global climate change? The Economist review the latest technologies.
The World's Largest Man-made Island
A consortium in Kuwaiti is planning to construct two distinct palm-shaped islands with residential, commercial and tourism elements.
Security Measures Don't Have To Be Ugly
National Capital Planning Commission task force has proposed a $800 million plan to provide better-looking security for monuments in the nation's capital.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Sustainable Growth And The Environment
How sustainable development and the environment can co-exist.
Moratorium Talk In Tampa Bay Area
With the Tampa Bay area barely recovering from a 4-year drought, and even tighter water restrictions imposed last month, residents complain that they are forced to conserve while developers build more homes.
Ikea Builds Russia's Biggest Mega-mall
Russia's biggest mall is being constructed on the Moscow outskirts by Ikea.
Smart Growth Advocated At NAACP Convention
Sociologist Robert Bullard advocated Smart Growth at National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's national convention.
Recreational Trails And Property Rights
The government is edging for control of a popular recreation trail through rural Massachusetts, and part of a 200-mile network.
Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract
Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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.
