United States
Rail Transit Is A Lost Cause
Across the nation, rail transit systems are are losing riders money. So why do city governments keep building them?
Pentagon Quietly Seeking Freedom To Pollute
The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from major U.S. environmental laws which would give it the freedom to pollute land, air, and water without being liable for damages.
Is Transit A Waste?
Why is it that even after spending billions to build mass transit, fewer people commute to work by public transportation today than in the 1960s?
World's Most Expensive Office Space
London, Tokyo and Paris beat out New York as the priciest places to lease office space.
Xeriscape Revolution Could Transform Southwest Cities
In major cities across the Southwest, xeriscape landscaping is replacing the traditional lawn.
'Character Development' For Subdivisions
To attract buyers, developers are spending vast sums of money to give new subdivisions a sense of place and community.
Hydrogen And The End Of The Oil Era
Energy independence is possible if we can launch an Apollo-style effort to harness the power of hydrogen.
GM Abandons Electric Car
General Motors is abandoning the EV1 electric vehicle.
Generation X Home Buying Trends
Generation Xers are traditional after all -- they buy homes like the ones they grew up in.
Profile Of Joy Grant: International Environmentalism
Joy Grant is helping the Nature Conservancy to become a global environmental organization.
Fear The Forests
Tree farming in Chile has dire economic and social impacts on the indigenous people.
Smart Growth Is On The Right Track
Outdated building and zoning codes present challenges for smart growth.
The World's Tallest Buildings Could Survive Terrorist Attack
Engineer claims the world's tallest buildings could withstand a 9/11-style attack.
Car Collision-Avoidance System Being Developed
MIT is developing a collision-avoidance system for cars.
U.S. Housing Boom Slowing
The Economist's house-price indices suggest that the U.S. housing boom may be slowing down even as housing markets in some other nations are growing.
The Next American City
A new quarterly magazine asks "epic questions."
How To Make Sprawl Worse
Some anti-sprawl measures result in unintended consequences such as "Gucci Sprawl."
London's Big Gamble
PLANetizen presents eyewitness reports from Central London on the city's new and controversial congestion pricing scheme.
Decentralizing Big Universities
Many universities are trying to counteract impersonal campuses through the establishment of decentralized residential colleges.
American Institute Of Architecture Students
Zach Borders offers an update on the student's FORUM 2003 conference in Chicago, which drew 1,300 architecture students, educators and professionals.
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
