United States
Coping With Gridlock
One third of the average city's land is devoted to serving the car. Is there a way out?
How Will Technology Affect Cities?
Are the Network and its attendant gadgets driving us apart or bringing us together? Smart City Radio investigates.
A Breakthrough In Solar Energy?
Scientists are developing inexpensive organic solar cells that could be sprayed on roofs.
Planning Theory: Issue 2
The second issue of a journal on Planning Theory is released by Sage Publications.
Escaping Gridlock
In the new millennium, when the futurists said we'd all be wafting to work in sky cars, we're decidedly earthbound.
Talking Park Benches
Park benches in a northern England town have been fitted with MP3 players to provide stories relevant to the benches' locations.
A Mobile Power Plant?
PowerTrainUSA is a mobile power plant that can travel to areas of power shortages.
Planned Communities: Utopian Experiments
Auroville and New Oroville pursue radically different approaches to building utopian planned communities.
Rural Mortgage Corporation Practices Investigated
Farmer Mac, the entity created by Congress to improve the availability ofmortgage credit to rural America, is being analyzed by the GeneralAccounting Office (GAO) regarding reports made about the stockholder-ownedcorporation.
Brownfields Are Looking Greener
States and municipalities have begun to take a more active approach to redevelopment of contaminated sites.
Neighborhoods Get More Crowded
USA Today reports that with increases in immigration, many neighborhoods are becoming more dense, causing a clash of cultures.
The Hidden Costs Of Sprawl
Planners and economists are beginning to examine the hidden costs of urban sprawl.
Nuclear Waste Accident Analysis For 20 Cities
Report analyzes the impact of a nuclear waste transportation accident in 20 major U.S. cities.
Deadline Missed On Water Security Pact
Delay could spell trouble for international agreement to safeguard Great Lakes.
A Walk On The Wild Side
Planum, the European online planning journal, offers a compendium of links to walks in postmodern, postindustrial urban landscapes.
The Ultimate In 'Island Cities'
One city that protects itself from the "others".
Continued National Housing Growth Predicted
A study by Harvard University predicts continued growth in the national housing market.
Top Five Housing 'Bubble' Cities
A new index called the The Housing Cycle Barometer identifies metropolitan areas with overpriced housing markets.
Trouble In Smart Growth's Nirvana
Recent developments in Portland and Oregon suggest that smart growth is driving down housing affordability, and increasing traffic congestion.
Warchalking
During the Depression, hobos drew signs to indicate where they could find meals. Now, technology fans are using a similar system to identify wireless Internet connections.
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
