Massachusetts
Will Boston's Citywide Wi-Fi Network Be Realized?
Boston's plan to blanket the city with wireless internet access has met a series of obstacles which seriously threaten the project.
Island Struggles With Lack of Burial Space
Burial space has already run out on Nantucket Island, but Massachusetts law requires burial spaces for anyone dying within town limits. Now officials are scrambling to find a place for their dead to go.
Friday Funny: Name-Calling Ticks Off Town
TV network officials have issued a formal apology for its tongue-in-cheek suggested mispronunciation of the name of the Massachusetts town of Athol in a recent ad.
Big Dig's Done. What Next?
With Boston's Big Dig officially completed, many in the city are looking forward to other urban renewal efforts following in its wake. But hurdles remain.
Boston's Chinatown May Be Growing Up
Despite complaints from residents and critics, a 27-story tower to be built on the edge of Boston's high-rise Financial District and its more modest Chinatown neighborhood has passed review form the city's design commission.
Undoing Sprawl
This editorial form The Boston Globe looks at efforts to reverse sprawl in an aging mill town.
Market Shift Brings More Change To Boston's Kenmore Square
A shift in the market has once again transformed the vision for developing Boston's One Kenmore, a Massachussetts Turnpike air rights development project in the heart of the city's Kenmore Square/Fenway Park neighborhood.
Offshore Wind Power Plant Overcomes Major Obstacle
An offshore wind power farm proposed for construction in the Nantucket Sound has been found to have only minimal environmental effects, clearing the way for the project's federal approval as soon as the end of the year.
Big Dig: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
TollRoads News reviews the "terminally inept Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff joint venture at the Massachusetts Turnpike's Big Dig project", and examines how the project is improving mobility -- estimated to be worth $168 million per year.
The End of The Big Dig
With the end of 2007 comes the official end of Boston's "Big Dig."
The Property Tax and the Fortunes of Older Industrial Cities
Discontent with one particular type of public levy, the local property tax, is gaining momentum across the country. Disgruntled homeowners are demanding that governors and mayors find alternative methods to raise revenue.
Commuters Share Transit Information
A new interactive information sharing network has been created to help commuters work their commute efficiently and with the most information possible.
Buying Foreclosed Homes A Struggle Unless Occupants Are Booted
Buyers looking to snatch up renter-occupied foreclosed homes and apartment buildings are meeting opposition from mortgage companies who want all tenants out before a sale. This leaves many buyers unsatisfied and many renters feeling insecure.
Boston Trains Run Cheaper But Late
A report by The Boston Globe finds that the Boston area transit system costs less to operate than other major American transit systems -- but it has one of the worst on-time arrival performances in the nation.
Lessons From America's Most Ambitious Infrastructure Project
The City Journal examines lessons from Boston's 35-year, $14.8 billion Big Dig project and asks how can American invest in infrastructure -- and do it intelligently?
Gay Bars Disappear, Public Space Suffers
The disappearance of gay bars in the Boston area signals a change in the city's character and the vibrancy of it's public space. In this piece, Robert David Sullivan argues the change is bad for everyone in the city, gay and straight.
Exploring Boston's New Public Space
A Boston Globe correspondent takes a walk along the still unfinished Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway that has replaced the I-93 freeway.
Trump Eyes Massachusetts For Next Casino Venture
As Massachusetts warms to the idea of casino gambling, Donald Trump is scouring the state for prime development opportunities.
A Look Back At The Small Town Urban Renewal Template
This article takes a look back at the small-town urban renewal success of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and its long-lasting effects.
Boston's Newest U-Turn Confounds Users
Despite predictions of heavy use, a mere 200 vehicles a day are using a high-capacity expressway U-turn intended to ease traffic on the city's surface streets.
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
