Technology
Testing The Segway On Britain's Streets
Ryan Dilley tests the lawnmower-shaped scooter on Britain's less-than-perfect sidewalks.
President Bush Falls Off A Segway
President Bush and Vice President Cheney try out the Segway Human Transporter. Segway's inventor wants U.S. Special Forces to use it in combat.
The Camera Phone: A New Trend In Real Estate?
Real estate and construction professionals are taking advantage of camera phones. Could they have a future in planning?
E-Government & Planning: West Cambridge Master Plan
The University of Cambridge, England, uses technology to explain the university's development plans to staff, students, alumni, and the community.
Personal GPS Helps Blind Navigate
A personal GPS device provides verbal navigation information for the blind.
A Low Cost (Open Source) Web GIS
The University of Minnesota Mapserver is a open-source map server that offers a dramatically lower-cost alternative to to existing proprietary web-enabled geographic information systems.
Making Roads Smart
Will technology solve our traffic problems? More traffic managers are experimenting with intelligent transportation systems.
MIT Media Labs Invents Digital Walking Maps
A digital map combines walking speed, time constraints, and information about street patterns to generate maps showing areas within walking distance.
The French Connection: Creating A Wireless City
Paris launches a massive project to create a seamless wireless network and provide Internet connectivity across the city.
The Future Of High-tech Housing
Popular Science Magazine features a Swedish housing complex that is ecologically sound and wired.
Towns Up For Sale On EBay Still Unsold
The failure of EBay to sell small California towns casts doubts on the online real estate auction model.
Ancient Architecture Rises Up In Ohio
A 3-D digital restoration project recreates architectural wonders of the ancient world.
Surveillance Nation, Part Two
MIT's Technology Review continues its in-depth examination of the proliferation of public monitoring technologies.
London Underground's Tube Games
The London Underground offers a series of online games, including subway car racing.
Planning Websites And Accessibility
The Southern California Association of Governments growth visioning website is profiled as an example of making technology accessible.
County Radio Network Emerges A Role Model
Fraught with problems during its 20 year development, the Orange County emergency radio network is declared a model for the nation.
Segway Begins Community Study In Celebration
Segway is undertaking a 100-participant study in Celebration, Florida.
The Woman Behind The Exhaust-free Car
A GM engineer is eyeing a hydrogen-fueled car that would replace the internal-combustion engine. By Todd Wilkinson
Seattle Monorail Declared Historic
Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board has declared the Seattle Center monorail historic, complicating plans for a new line.
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
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.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
