United States
Calming Traffic With Chokers And Skinny Streets
Can the latest techniques of traffic engineering for slowing down traffic in order to create more pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods calm traffic and slow down sprawl?
Creative Housing Solutions
As housing prices reach hit "crisis" levels, many cities are launching innovative initiatives to provide affordable housing.
Michigan Looks For Ideas To Curb Runaway Growth
In its final installment of the series "Grappling with Growth," The Detroit News weighs the costs and benefits of land reforms adopted in Baltimore and Lacaster County.
Kuntsler Critiques New WTC Reconstruction Proposals
The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.
Wilting Greens
The World Summit on Sustainable Development disappointed environmentalists -- and heartened the poor.
International Study Of Bus Rapid Transit
The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a report "Bus Systems for the Future: Achieving Sustainable Transport Worldwide."
In Defense Of The Forests
Former Atlantic Monthly columnist John Muir would have had a few choice words for President Bush's loosening of commercial restrictions in America's national forests.
The Return Of The Civic Square
From San Francisco to Vienna, squares are rebounding to become centers of civic life once more.
Friday Funny: Inman News' 2002 Funniest Stories
Real estate news service Inman News recaps their funniest stories from 2003.
Report: Solving The Air Travel Crisis
Air travel service nationwide declined since 9/11 with many large airports experiencing a decrease in the double digits -- nearly twice the reduction in demand -- according to a new report.
Remembering Manzanar
The National Park Service is painstakingly re-creating and restoring the Manzanar camp used for Japanese internment during WWII.
Best Practices For Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation releases A Best Practices Toolkit for Historic Preservationand Redevelopment.
Radical Approach Results In A Conservation Success Story
Award-winning ecologist pioneered a radically different model for conservation that includes humans as part of the ecological equation of wildlife preserves.
Holiday Book Round-up
From pleasures to patterns, and waterfronts to wonders (and even something for dummies), ArchNewsNow.com reports on holiday book buys.
Report: Are SUVs Safer Than Cars?
To find out whether SUVs are really safer than cars, scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory analyzed highway traffic fatality data. The findings were surprising.
Politics And Congestion In Britain
The Economist reviews Tony Blair's new road-building program.
Regional Growth And Personal Girth
The worriers over growth propose to fund 25 regions for demonstration projects.
Newest Model City Charter
The National Civic League has approved the 8th Edition of the Model City Charter for publication, available to the public in January 2003.
The Death Of New Urbanism
Richard Carson proclaims that New Urbanism is dead. He says that New Urbanism hasn't caught on because it is "essentially anti-American."
A Realistic Approach To Urban Planning
Alexander Garvin offers the first of an eight-part series addressing realistic approaches to urban planning.
Pagination
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)