Technology
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Live Traffic Reports On Your Handheld
A GPS-enabled handheld device running new Mapopolis software can track your location and warn you of slow traffic conditions ahead.
How The Internet Impacts Home Sales
The Internet is changing the way homes are bought and sold.
Lower Manhattan Deploys Public Wireless Networks
Lower Manhattan's business improvement district has announced plans to build a wireless network which will provide information about local businesses and free Internet access within a 5-minute walk of any downtown location.
Examining Urban Growth From Space
NASA presents compelling images and movies from space showing the impacts of growth and sprawl.
Technology And The Changing Face Of Cities
Digital media festival explores the role of technology in creating the cities of the future.
Subterranean Sprawl: Cities Expand Underground
Breakthrough technologies used in projects such as Boston's Big Dig will help cities expand underground. Montreal, Toronto, and Kansas City have already started.
Boston's Indicators Project Is A Breakthrough
Neal Peirce reviews Boston's Indicators Project which provides high quality data and information about Boston.
Civilian GPS Accuracy Could Be Degraded
The accuracy of the Global Positioning System for civilian uses may be intentionally degraded during wartime.
Can Surveillance Cameras Deter Crime?
Crime-ridden cities are installing surveillance cameras to prevent crime.
E-Government And Planning: ENotify
In our rush to adopt the newest technologies we overlook the impact that everyday technologies — like e-mail — can have on government's ability to engage citizens.
What The IT Revolution Means For Regional Economic Development
Metropolitan areas that understand the changing nature of business--and respond nimbly to its demands--will create the best environments for firm and economic growth.
Living Without Oil
As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the more urgent.
Behind MapQuest
Wired Magazine interviews Dave Schafer, general manager of MapQuest.
Virtual Reality In 60 BC
Oliver Grau's new book claims virtual reality isn't new.
Large Grant To UN For GIS Development In World's Poorest Cities
ESRI's $15 million grant will provide geographic information systems software to urban planners, and train them in its use.
E-Government And Planning Profiles
From time to time, a new technology emerges that truly empowers citizens. In the case of urban planning, it is a new tool called Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA).
Walk Through Ancient Rome
UCLA creates a 3-D virtual model of ancient Rome.
L.A.'s First Segway Rider
Bruce Weinberg, a Los Angeles resident, was one of 30 residents nationwide to receive a pre-release Segway.
Online Cities -- For Gaming
The latest online technology games are attempting to create multi-player online cities.
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
