United States
Top Ten Dangerous Metro Areas For Pedestrians
A report released by the Surface Transportation Policy Project rates the most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians. Report includes fact sheets for each U.S. state.
Rethinking Traffic Congestion
Writing in the transportation journal Access, Brian Taylor offers 10 propositions that challenge conventional ideas about reducing traffic.
It May Not Stop Sprawl, But Could It Make A Difference?
The high-profile battle over a single oak tree has become a symbol for the wider struggle to control suburban sprawl.
Severe Geographic Illiteracy In The U.S.
A survey reveals "appalling" levels of geographic illiteracy amongst young U.S. citizens. Eleven percent could not even locate the U.S. on a world map.
Smart Growth, Smart Voters: Searching For A Transit Solution
Neal Peirce analyzes the outcome of transportation votes cast on Nov. 5th. and discusses which measures failed and why.
As Goes California, So Goes Arizona
Cultural and development trends continue migrating from California to Arizona, even the positive ones.
American Pie: New Patent On The Circular Subdivision
A retired real estate and tax lawyer patents a circular subdivision.
Best States For Women
CNN examines the best states for women for employment and income.
Oil Tanker Disaster: An Ecological Time-bomb
An oil tanker sank off the coast of Spain. The resulting oil spill could be twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
Battle Of Harpers Ferry Site Saved
Karen Fuller convinces the Trust for Public Land to purchase historic farm, so family won't sell out to developers.
Why Do Europeans Care More About Architecture Than Americans?
Technology is leading architecture -- a report from the eighth International Architectural Biennale.
EPA Announces National Smart Growth Awards
EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced four winners of the 2002 National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement.
Living In The Phoenix Heat Island
The world's foremost "urban heat island" will adopt new design guidelines to reduce rising temperatures.
Holiday Review Of Architecture Books
San Francisco Chronicle's urban design writer John King reviews seven holiday architecture books.
Will The Aerotropolis Replace The Metropolis?
Airports are increasingly serving as central business districts thatattract development oriented toward air travel and air freight movement.
British Find Big-box Retailers Undermine Downtowns
The British government is questioning the rapid expansion of big retailers, such as Ikea, because they generate too much traffic and undermine established town centers.
Documenting The Urban Forest
For two decades David Paul Bayles has been recording pictures -- beautiful, sad, and humorous -- of trees in the city.
Smart Technologies Versus Heroic Choices
Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path?
Our Changing Lifestyles
Whether you are walking the streets of inner city Detroit or the new roads of Shanghai, it’s easy to see that global lifestyles are changing.
In Praise Of The Porch: Come Up And Sit A Spell
The world would be a better place if everyone had a porch, says author Michael Dolan.
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
