United States
Congress To Decide Amtrak's Future
The U.S. Congress will decide Amtrak's fate after it receives a final recommendation from the Amtrak Reform Council.
Bush Signs Brownfields Cleanup Law
President Bush signed a bill that provides up to $250 million a year to state and local governments for cleaning up brownfields.
Amtrak Restructuring Plan Highlights
Highlights from the Amtrak reform plan that will go to the U.S. Congress.
Barriers To Rehab Of Affordable Housing
Rehabilitation of aging housing is a major resource for meeting the Nation's affordable housing needs.
Amtrak Should Be Broken Up
A restructuring plan by Amtrak Reform Council recommends that Amtrak should be broken up.
A City Plan Is Futile If It Is Not Implemented
As Nairobi, Kenya, prepares a new development plan for the next 30 years, experts say that the city should not ignore implementation issues.
Supreme Court Asked To Rule On Interstate Planning Issue
The Columbia River Gorge Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Washington state Court of Appeals decision that could threaten regional planning in the bi-state Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Lara Lookalike's Town Hall Job
A local authority in the UK is using a computer generated woman to guide residents through the planning process.
Report: State Of Housing In Metropolitan Philadelphia
A report by the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center identifies key factors that impact the real estate market in the region.
Financing For Small Multifamily Properties
Small multifamily properties account for 88 percent of the unsubsidized, affordable rental housing stock.
Architecture Education: Balancing Theory And Practice
Grueling graduate programs in architecture demand intense dedication from students but leave them unprepared for the practice.
Urban Sprawl Vs. Homeland Security
Urban sprawl almost certainly poses a far greater threat to your health than bioterrorism.
Poking Holes In Pro-Sprawl 'Science'
Anti-New Urbanism has become a cottage industry, but this report stuffs its proponents back in their box.
Computer Game To Help Shape Environmental Choices
The University of British Columbia launches design-a-future computer game for public to play.
Dreams On Hold At Lake Tahoe
For 17 years land owners have been banned from building on their own property at Lake Tahoe. Finally, an outcome is near.
An International Architectural Emergency
Neal Peirce writes that an 'international architectural emergency' should be declared in Cuba where great urban spaces with distinguished buildings are in danger of being lost.
The End Of The Modern World
History may record that September 11 ended the modernist dream for cities.
New Year Resolutions For Cities
This commentary by Bruce Katz outlines his New Year's resolutions for American cities.
Architectural Trend: 'Swagger Buildings' On Hold
After the attack on the World Trade Center, monumental architecture and "swagger buildings" are no longer popular.
Suburban Life May Be Killing You
Is it a case of bad urban planning, or a case of junk science? The CDC's study has struck a nerve.
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
