Technology
Microsoft's Ultimate Smart Home
Microsoft presents its vision of the technology-enabled "smart" home for the 21st century.
Top 15 Wired Cities
Facilities News publishes their list of the top 10 cities for relocation or expansion if you need state-of-the-art connectivity.
Sacramento Stops Regional Car-pool Plan
A 20-year plan for expansion of Sacramento's HOV lanes is halted by Sacramento -- for fear it will cause urban sprawl.
Top Ten Trends For Online Communities
Online communities are theoretically online gathering places to create a "virtual community." The reality is quite different.
Dot-Com Slump In O.C. Affecting Real Estate
There is a research park being built next to UC Irvine. The technology slump is causing companies to pull out of their leases.
Floridians Protest Against Police Cameras In Public Spaces
Floridians protested against a police surveillance system installed in public areas that scans faces to search for wanted persons.
Bridging The Digital Divide
Planners need to know about the issues and the unique roles they can play in bridging the digital dividie gap.
Top Eight Technology Cities
Worried about the slowing economy and dot-com crashes? Infoworld has published a list of the top eight regions in the U.S. with a healthy high-tech future.
The Real Cost Of Prisons
How much does it cost your state to lock up criminals? Who is being held behind bars in each state? An interactive atlas makes innovative use of technology to answer these questions?
High Tech Revolution Leapfrogging Cities
Joel Kotkin names an interesting new trend: high tech development moving to remote areas. Kotkin calls it 'Leapfrog Techpoles.'
Broadband Access And Multifamily Housing
Developers and property managers are making access to broadband services a reality for a diverse group of residents in cutting-edge communities throughout the United States.
Charlotte's High Tech Hot Bed
The airport, the interstate, the real estate, the networks - ingredients that make Charlotte one of the newest high tech hot spots.
Laser Lawnmower Connected To The Internet
'Zero' is a new, low-emission vehicle that has an onboard computer and ... mows the lawn.
Satellite Maps Detail Urban Sprawl
New satellite-based land use maps provide better insight into urban growth and the impacts of sprawl.
America's Most Wired Cities
What defines a "wired city?" A truly wired local government and a density of dot-coms, to start...
Satellites Help Planners Understand Sprawl
Urban planners and state agencies are using satellite-based imaging technology to learn more about urban sprawl, runoff, water quality, and other planning issues.
Businesses Giving Telecommuting Another Look
Employees tired of dealing with long, frustrating, boring, expensive and air-polluting daily drives to and from work are looking for jobs that allow them telecommute.
Website Accessibilty Law Deadline Approaches
A federal law requiring federal government websites to be accessible to persons with disabilities will take effect on June 21, 2001.
Let The Builder Beware
Cisco joins a growing list of technology companies that suddenly find themselves in the development and real estate business.
City Loses Rights To Its Domain Name
An International court rules that an Australian city doesn't own the trademark rights to it's name.
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 Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
