United States
A Builder's Vision: Tokyo's Future Is In Growing Upward
Tokyo's largest builder says Tokyo's future is in growing upward with office and residential high-rises.
Has Suburbia Corrupted America?
Has America's affluence and comfort -- personified by the suburban dream -- left the country too weak to fight a war?
Industrial Designer To Add Style To New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit hired top industrial designer Cesar Vergara to transform locomotives, buses, passenger cars, signs, schedules, and transit villages in an ambitious effort to rival mass transit in Europe.
Plane-Train Links Improving In The U.S.?
Joe Sharkey points out examples of "smart" transportation planning in the U.S. and how airport-train links are beginning to resemble those in Europe.
Managing Sprawl: Greater Toronto's Challenge
The Greater Toronto region in Canada faces urban sprawl and a transportation crisis.
Talk Of The Nation: Car Of The Future
Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan talks with experts about the latest developments in the automobile industry.
Why Amtrak Won't Be Reformed
Amtrak's political protectors have once again forestalled the liquidation of the "government's national passenger railroad".
What Does Census 2K Say About Real Estate?
William Freh discusses what the demographic complexion reflected by the Census 2000 data means for real estate investment.
Ten Cheapest Places To Live
Based on updates to the 2000 Census, HomeStore.com publishes its list of the ten cheapest places to live.
Better Transit Won't Prevent Sprawl
Anthony Downs evaluates the argument that better transit will reduce sprawl, and concludes that sprawl will prevail.
Top 10 Cities For Wealth
Joel Kotkin offers his perspective on the "New Geography of Wealth" -- where smart people are now concentrated.
The Biggest Deals Of 2001
Facility City publishes its list of the four biggest economic development deals of 2001.
Urban Explorers Pursue A Dangerous Hobby
Urban adventurers explore abandoned buildings, subway tunnels, and other forbidden places.
Can Technology Keep Cities Safe?
We can learn from advances in transportation and congestion planning to develop technology to protect cities from terrorism.
National Parks: Bush Administration's Uncertain Policy
New York Times editorial evaluates the Bush administration's commitment to national park system.
Planning, Pet Rocks And Psychobabble
Richard Carson argues there's nothing new or innovative about "New Urbanism." It's just a new name for an old strategy.
Book Review: Architects As Managers
A review the book "His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren" by Adrian Tinniswood.
Ginger's Competitors
The Segway Human Transporter is designed for covering distances that are too far to walk but too close to drive to. But other devices that do the same thing are already available.
The Coast Starlight: Amtrak's Future?
A review of the Amtrak's Coast Starlight train that links Seattle with Los Angeles.
Architecture Highlights For 2001
Herbert Muschamp writes about architecture highlights for 2001: trends, significant projects, and the impact of Sept. 11.
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
