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Moratoriums Prove Useful In Limited Quantities
No word that strikes terror into the hearts of developers more than the word "moratorium."
Mining A 'Key Element' Of Everglades Restoration Plan
Rock-mining will have an "irreversible significant impact" on the Florida Everglades. Then why is it considered to be a "key element" in a plan to restore the fragile ecosystem?
Largest Environmental Project In U.S. History
Can the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan work?
Sunshine State Shake Up
REIS, Inc. reports on the Los Angeles retail market in light of secession.
MIT Developing Building Of The Future
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab are developing a "programmable building" that can be controlled using a Web interface and will be more efficient and flexible.
Report: Traffic Just Keeps Getting Worse
According to the "2002 Urban Mobility Report," traffic problems are getting worse; urban congestion is "growing in three increasingly visible ways."
Hollywood's Vision For Transit
Harald Belker is Hollywood's star futuristic vehicle designer for movies. He's got his eye on Mag-Lev systems.
Amtrak Shutdown Not An 'Idle Threat'
Congress cannot expect Amtrak to provide a public service and be profitable.
Don't Believe The Amtrak Threat
Howard Kurtz explains why we shouldn't believe that Amtrak is in danger of shutting down.
Deconstructing The World Trade Center
An Atlantic Monthly writer was the only journalist to have unrestricted access to the clean-up effort, and details the story.
Minority Report: Washington In 2054
"Minority Report," Steven Spielberg's new thriller, offers a vision of what Washington would look like in the year 2054.
'Runaway Development' Threatens Florida Everglades
Sprawl is threatening the Florida Everglades and critics say the restoration plan is "unbelievably hypocritical."
What Is The Cost Of Taming The Missouri River?
The taming of the Missouri River has had enormous environmental consequences. Is it time to set it free?
The Corporate Relocation Game
The parameters have changed; no longer is saving money the sole motive for corporate America to move.
New Jersey To Save Remaining Airports
New Jersey is committing money to save general aviation airports around the state. The small airports are threatened by development and other pressures.
Restoring Versailles
The plan to restore Versailles' great Baroque gardens to their 17th-century design evokes a controversy.
Modernizing L.A.'s Airport
Eight years and 33 alternatives later, Los Angeles is still without a solid proposal for modernizing it's airport.
Good Planning Or Campaign Contributions?
Two nearly identical development plans for an abandoned industrial site get very different receptions from the Mayor.
Urban Rennaisance Overlooks Mid-sized Cities
Mid-sized Massachusetts cities, many thriving industrial towns in the 1950s, have faced decades of severe decline.
Redesigned Census Website: Easier Access To Data
The redesigned website of the U.S. Census Bureau provides a friendlier interface to access census data.
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.
