United States
Friday Funny: Onion Infrastructure Report
Aging gerbils unable to generate electricity and ancient curses add to America's infrastructure woes, according to the Onion.
Federal Government Encourages Car Use While Fighting Congestion
Despite the federal government's recently-awarded grants to support toll roads and other measures to reduce traffic congestion, many subsidies still exist that encourage car use.
The Top Towns For Adventure
National Geographic Adventure has released a guide to the best adventure towns in the U.S. Their lists include the best small towns, cities, mountain towns, coastal towns, and others.
San Francisco's Congestion Pricing Plan Receives Conditional Federal Funding
The Bay Area received $158 million from a federal congestion pricing program for improvements to traffic, transit, and parking, but it is conditional upon San Francisco and California legislative approval for the controversial tolls on Doyle Drive.
Commercial Construction Balances Growth
Despite busts in residential construction, American cities such as Phoenix are managing to continue growing due to an influx of commercial construction.
Longer Lives Of Big Infrastructure
The country is stocked with antiquated infrastructure, but this piece from The New York Times says that some of it is only old because it was built to last.
Homeless Turn To Public Libraries
A lack of attention to the problem of homelessness is turning our public libraries into homeless shelters.
Beyond Moses and Jacobs
Neither the block-level gentrification inspired by the patron saint of city planning nor the wide-scale mega-project redevelopment advocated by New York City's infamous planning czar are useful models for the realities of 21st century cities.
Prosperous Pockets Peak Out Of Slow Housing Market
The real estate market is reportedly down in many major metropolitan areas, but within them pockets of high-value properties are flourishing.
The Positive Effects Of Block Parties
Getting neighbors together for community events does more than prevent crime, according to the Project for Public Spaces.
Coastal Erosion Threatens U.S. Energy Supply
Louisiana's eroding and sinking coastline also happens to be the site of a major proportion of America's oil infrastructure.
The Luxurious Future Of Housing
Architects and housing experts look to the future of housing and predict increases in the amount of gadgets and furnishings rather than square footage.
Bush Nixes Gas Tax Increase For Bridge Repair
The chair of the House Transportation Committee had barely released his call for an increase in the federal gas tax to fund bridge repair when President Bush stated he would oppose it, claiming not more money but better priorities is the answer.
A 'New Deal' Needed for American Infrastructure
Maintaining and rebuilding America's infrastructure could cost over $1 trillion. What's needed is the political will to create a "Federal Infrastructure Bank".
'Complete Streets' Concept Gathers Steam
The idea of creating "complete streets" for cyclists, pedestrians, mass transit, and cars is gaining popularity across the country.
The Internet And The Future Of The Road
High technology and the Internet will have an increasingly broad impact on the way our cities and communities deal with transportation, traffic, and mobility, according to commentator John M. Eger.
Farmland Values Reach Record Heights
The price of farmland is rising rapidly as ethanol fever grabs many farmers who are looking to cash in on the corn-based fuel. But the rising prices are making things harder for smaller farmers, and keeping many prospective farmers out of business.
Federal Disaster Planning Shuts Out Local, State Officials
State and local officials are angered over being left out of disaster planning measures, after the Bush Administration adopted a unilateral approach that concentrates planning authority in the White House.
'Small Government' Can't Maintain Infrastructure
A society that values lower taxes above all other considerations shouldn't be surprised when its public realm crumbles beneath it, writes Joshua Holland.
The Truth About Ethanol
Widely touted as a way of making America energy-independent, corn-based ethanol is instead a heavily subsidized, fossil-fuel dependent and environmentally destructive political boondoggle.
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
