Michigan
Traffic Control Grant For State
Michigan to get a $7 million state grant to link high-tech traffic information.
Voters Shout: Fight Sprawl Or Get Out
Voters in Michican townships and counties sent a clear message about sprawl.
Filling The G A P S In Neighborhoods
Detroit has vacant land in between neighborhoods and needs new housing but developers aren't rushing in. Why?
A Sheltered Downtown?
Pontiac is "trying hard to reinvent itself" by turning its downtown into a "regional entertainment district"...so it is squeezing out a 60-year old shelter for at-risk women and children.
Preventing Crime With Design
A good building or community design can dramatically reduce the possibility of crime. Detroit offers several examples.
Rethinking The Rennaissance
Detroit's Rennaissance Center -- called "the greatest urban tragedy of the country" -- is getting a makeover.
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
