United States
Segway Sales Are Anemic
Sales of $8,500 Segway Human Transporter, have been very slow, but could skyrocket when the device becomes available to the general public next year.
Smart Growth Strategies And Housing Affordability
Smart growth strategies undermine President Bush's homeownership initiative.
Lower Quality Of Life For College Neighbors
Residents within one mile of college campuses report lower quality of life in a Harvard University study.
Do Traffic Calming Measures Work?
Opponents of traffic calming measure offer up a host of complaints. Many neighborhood residents have "buyer's remorse."
Etiquette For Boarding A Japanese Train
The differences between how rail commuters in Tokyo and Osaka board the train.
Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall
Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
Clean Coal And A Hydrogen Future
Can "clean coal" slow down global climate change? The Economist review the latest technologies.
The World's Largest Man-made Island
A consortium in Kuwaiti is planning to construct two distinct palm-shaped islands with residential, commercial and tourism elements.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Sustainable Growth And The Environment
How sustainable development and the environment can co-exist.
Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract
Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Web Site Gives Easy Access To Land Data
New BLM Web site offers legal and GPS information about land, a valuable tool for GIS projects.
Strip Center Investing: A Bear Market For Dummies
The shopping center sector is entering its third phase of consolidation, with investors gunning for strip centers and B-C malls.
GAO: ANWR Cleanup Costs Not Counted
A report by the General Accounting Office says oil firms haven't earmarked as much a $6 billion in future cleanup costs as a result of drilling near the drilling in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge park.
Greener Growth With Cleaner Coal
Growth without harming the environment is possible.
Demographic Change In Medium-Sized Cities
This survey looks at 2000 Census data for 100 medium-sized U.S. cities and reveals that they experienced demographic changes similar to their big city peers.
A Tale Of Two Cities
Who sprawls the most? It depends on whose definition you use.
For Whom The Road Tolls
While "free" ways may be endangered, not all road pricing schemes are equal.
Gridlock On The 'Reverse Commute'
With more jobs moving to the suburbs traffic congestion on the reverse commute is getting worse.
What Defines 'Wise Use' Of Public Land?
How do we balance economic values and environmental sensisbilities for public lands?
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
