Georgia
New Law Tries To Curb Graffiti
Responding to increases in gang activity, the city of Smyrna has made it a crime for minors to possess spray paint or felt-tip markers in an effort to curb graffiti and vandalism.
Atlanta's Transit Nightmare: Who Is At Fault?
Atlanta road builders charge that environmentalists are responsible for major transit funding delays. The environmentalists fire back.
Number Of Cities With Websites Increasing
Small communities as well as large cities are using the Web to distribute information to residents.
Charlotte: A Better Version Of Atlanta
Unlike sprawling Atlanta, Charlotte has focused its development in the urban core.
The Green Space Race
Across the nation billions of dollars are being spent on parks and land preservation. Atlanta is part of this national trend.
Atlanta's Battle With Telecom Street Cuts
Atlanta passes a law that requires companies laying fiber optic cable to return the street to it's original condition.
Medical Impacts Of Transportation Pollution
The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes a study on the impacts of pollution from transportation.
A Call For Sound Coastal Planning
At a conference on coastal growth sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy and other environmental groups, Edward T.McMahon, director of land use programs for The Conservation Fund called for careful growth control along Georgia's coastline.
Saving Savannah
Ben Hubby believes that developers and superstores will destroy the charm and ecology of Savannah, GA.
Revitalization Vs. Preservation
The battle over a building in downtown Atlanta is the latest chapter in the struggle of developers versus preservationists.
Walking To Work
A growing number of people, especially minorites and the working poor, are choosing to commute by foot.
Dunham-Jones Brings New Urbanist Philosophy
Ellen Dunham-Jones, a national authority on urban sprawl and the new director of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture, sees opportunities for New Urbanism in Atlanta
Sidewalks Make A Comeback
Out-of-style in many areas of Savannah, GA, sidewalks are now making a comeback as neighborhoods rediscover the need for a sense of community.
Bridging A Divided Atlanta
Atlanta's Downtown Connector expressway splits the city and divides residential neighborhoods. Now the city is looking at ways to stitch the city back together.
Atlanta Transit In Acrimonious Battle
Forty-four highway projects have been delayed as talks among the state and environmental groups break down.
Managing Growth: Some Cities Take Action
Some cities in Georgia are creating their own long-term strategies to combat urban sprawl. Critics argue that some "smart growth" ordinances violate property rights and cause other problems.
Bringing Residential Development To Downtown
Though the Olymipics were more than 4 years ago, the promise of a downtown Atlanta renaissance is finally becoming a reality.
The Battle Against Sprawling Development
Beverly Rhea works to stamp out spawl in one of the nation's fastest growing regions - metro Atlanta.
A Lesson In Urban Sprawl
Snellville, Georgia, may be an example of how not to grow.
Georgia Considers Plan To Preserve Green Space
Transferable development rights (TDR)-- successful in other states--are being considered to protect farmland and environmentally sensitive zones while allowing intown development.
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
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
