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What L.A. Can Learn About Homelessness From Other U.S. Cities
Strategies used by cities such as Miami, Philadelphia, New York, St. Louis, Seattle, & Denver for reducing homelessness are working.
The Other Firestorm
While catastrophic, the California fires will not have nearly the destructive impact as the other firestorm still in progress: the subprime meltdown.
Residents In Disaster-Prone Areas Say Risk Is Worth It
Southern California's wildfires have emphasized the fact that many people choose to live in disaster-prone areas all across the country. Many of them say the benefits outweigh the inherent risk.
Analysis of LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Projects
Criteron Planners, a certification reviewer for the LEED for Neighborhood Development program, offers its analysis of LEED-ND pilot project locations and areas.
The Most Sedentary Cities In America
Americans across the country suffer from unhealthy diets and too little exercise, but these cities' residents are the worst offenders.
Survey Reveals Americans Preference For Transit Development
A new survey from Smart Growth America notes that three-fourths of Americans think improving public transportation is a better long term solution than building roads.
The Business Of Architecture: 2007 Survey Results
Demand for architectural services remained strong in most regions of the country except in Florida, Michigan, and the Ohio Valley.
Staidums Slowly Growing Greener
Stadium design and renovation creates the opportunity for massive energy savings from these large complexes, but not many of the most energy-efficient designs have moved past the drawing board. But some projects are taking incremental steps.
Help! My Stadium Needs A Parking Plan
Major league stadiums are turning to planners to help deal with the parking snafus that can keep fans from coming to games.
A Nation Of NIMBYs?
Recent polls show that anti-development sentiment is stronger than ever, with 75 percent of Americans opposing new development in their communities.
Flip That Brownfield
As brownfield redevelopment escapes from its "avoid-at-all-costs" stigma, Sustainable Industries offers a look at five common remediation and redevelopment projects for the country's brownfields.
What Canada Can Learn From U.S. Cities
An urban renaissance is underway in many American cities, one fueled by the "common sense" of focusing on fundamentals. Canadian cities are looking south to pick up some good ideas.
The Ugliest City In America - The People, That Is
Survey says: Philadelphians are the ugliest (and perhaps the fattest) people in the U.S, while the beach-loving residents of San Diego and Miami are the most gorgeous.
The New American Dream
Walkable neighborhoods will be the new American dream, according to land strategist and developer Chris Leinberger in this interview from Smart City.
Urban Renewal For Whom?
Urban renewal projects intended to help the poor in struggling neighborhoods really do the opposite, writes Timothy B. Lee.
Are Toll Roads The Solution?
More and more states are looking to private investors to own and operate their roads and bridges as tollways, but some wonder if the government should really take such a hands-off approach.
Housing Downturn Hits City Hall
A new report from the National Leagues of Cities shows that the housing market decline is hampering many cities' ability to pay for basic services.
San Francisco's Congestion Program Touted By U.S. Transportation Chief
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters came to San Francisco to praise their proposed multi-pronged congestion pricing programs and other technologies that are designed to reduce traffic congestion increase transit usage.
Study Documents Dramatic Voter Support For Transit Ballot Measures
This report looks at a new trend in transportation financing, as communities in 33 different states have approved more than $70 billion in new transportation investment between 2000 and 2005.
TDR Not As Easy As It Sounds
A new report finds that the transfer of development rights from one area to another is simple in concept, but difficult in implementation.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
