United States
New EPA Web Site To Promote RCRA Brownfields Reuse
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a web site for the RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative.
'Decaffeinating' Hazardous Waste
A technique used to create decaffeinated coffee could help clean hazardous waste.
Muschamp Criticizes WTC 'Parade Of Platitudes'
NY Times Architectural Critic, Herbert Muschamp criticizes the "Principles and Preliminary Blueprint for the Future of Lower Manhattan."
Suburbia, Oil, And National Security
James Howard Kunstler ponders our built enironment and our insatiable thirst for cheap foreign oil.
Open Space Protection: Conservation Meets Growth Management
This paper is a comprehensive review of existing federal, state, and local open space protection programs and their role in shaping metropolitan growth. The report primarily finds that, despite their widespread use, programs to protect and
2002 APA National Planning Conference
With over 5,000 planners in attendance, and 200 sessions ranging from smart growth to gay urban aesthetics, Chicago is the place to be this week as the American Planning Association hosts its annual National Planning conference at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
The Straw Bale House
A small but growing movement is bringing back what proponents say is a remarkably energy-efficient and earth-friendly way of building.
Community-based Conservation Leads To New National Park
Ranchers and farmers in Colorado's San Luis Valley are uniting with conservationists to transfer land to the US government and create America's 57th national park.
Car Sharing Spreading Across Country
Programs in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Boston are growing in popularity as more people look for affordable alternatives to car ownership.
One Of World's Largest Rail Network Turns 150
It was born on April 16th, 1853. Today, it is one of the largest rail networks in the world, carrying 13 million passengers and nearly two million tonnes of freight every day.
Solving Northwest's Gridlock
Joel Connelly writes about urban sprawl and transit issues in the Pacific Northwest.
The End Of The Master Builder?
The age of the "master builder" has been replaced with a new "planning democracy."
Ridership Of Amtrak's Acela Express Growing
In the Boston-Washington corridor, the ridership of Amtrak's Acela Express is steadily growing.
Profile Of Three Planners
PLANetizen is pleased to offer profiles of planners from across the U.S.
General Accounting Office Reports Amtrak Numbers
The General Accounting Office says Amtrak is successfully competing with airplanes on shorter routes.
Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A 'Well-Kept Secret'
The latest cars pollute less and are more fuel-efficient.
Fresh Fields
Farm Bill can encourage farm entrepreneurs, control sprawl.
After Terrorism, Construction Insurance Is Costly
"If people cannot buy insurance on a construction project, they're not going to build the project," says President Bush.
'Can Transit Tame Sprawl?' Some Have Doubts
If higher housing costs mean lower transit costs, and vice-versa, can improved public transit provide sufficient incentives to rein in sprawl? Not, according to Anthony Downs, if NIMBYs continue to push local governments to reject higher densities.
Australia's New Rail Line Through The Outback
$685 million line links the closest port to Asia to other Australian cities.
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
