Texas
Returning Home To Downtown Houston
Houston's West End neighborhood is in the midst of a dramatic revitlization as residents move back toward the urban core.
Dallas Vs. Houston: Which City Is Better?
A Texas-sized rivalry between these two fast-growing cities heats up -- so much that planners in Houston are renaming Dallas Street.
Houston's Chic
Despite lagging perceptions, Houston is poised for a major growth spurt.
Tech Slowdown Impacts New Development
Intel abruptly stops construction on a new chip factory in Austin, Texas -- leaving local politicians furious about a construction tax incentive package.
Legislature Is Asked To Mediate City-developer Squabble
The Texas Legislature has been asked by a developer to intervene in a land development regulation conflict with a growing community.
Sun City Project Scales Back
This Texas developer is taking the unusual step of limiting development in order to increase revenues.
Houston Approves $630 Million Expansion
A decade in the making, the Houston City Council approves an expansion of the city's convention center and new hotel.
Dallas' 10-Year Progress Report
In 1991 a report warned that Dallas would be gridlocked by 2001. Ten years later, the Dallas News looks at the city's progress.
Regional Government For Land Use & Transportation
A regional government that controls land use and transportation decisions for the Dallas-Fort Worth region should be created.
Architectural Standards For Retail Superstores
City may enact ordinance to apply architectural standards for large-scale retail facilities to make them more attractive.
Unhappy Trails
Lawsuit over removal of bike lanes in Houston contends removal violates the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program.
Texas' New Property System
Bell County, Texas has built an innovative Web-based GIS system to provide property and tax information.
Houston's Transit: Just Build It
Then 25-year debate over Houston's rail line has many frustrated. A member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board shares his opinion.
High Noon At The Ogallala Aquifer
An audacious plan to suck out groundwater from under rural Texas and sell it to large distant cities has ignited water wars in the state.
Houston's Transit Board Plays Hardball
The legal battle over Houston's Metro has switched into high gear. Officials are playing hardball -- with the Olympics.
Houston Group Fails To Put Diversity On The Map
A map prepared by Houston's biggest economic development organization omits minority neighborhoods.
Houston's Main Street Redevelopment Plan
Houston leaders have unveiled a a $200 million Main Street redevelopment project tied to the city's light rail plan.
Houston Transit's Legal Quagmire
The Houston Chronicle blasts the light rail opponents that have filed a lawsuit against the transit agency.
Dallas' New Affordable Housing Plan
The Dallas City Council schedules an intensive session to focus solely on affordable housing.
Houston's Transit Board Stunned
On the eve of its groundbreaking, the Houston MTA was ordered to halt work on it's light rail line.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
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
Journal of the American Planning Association
