United States

Back To The Future Of Transportation

Visionary transportation ideas that never got off the ground.

July 31, 2004 - University Of California, Berkeley

The Trend Toward Mixed-use Community Schools

To share construction and maintenance costs and reduce school crowding, many planners are working with school administrators to create mixed-use community schools.

July 30, 2004 - Planning Magazine

Make Money With Your Electric Car

Your next electric car will create and store enough excess energy that you will be able to sell it back to the power grid to make extra money.

July 30, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

PV-TV: A Multifunctional, Eco-Friendly Building Material

What if a skyscraper’s outside wrapping could take a more active role in sustaining the building’s operational needs and engaging passers-by

July 29, 2004 - MetropolisMag.com

How The West Was Done

At Greenwich Village, a preview of Manhattan's Hudson River Park.

July 29, 2004 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

All Aboard The Sprawl Train In Taiwan

A 200-mile high-speed rail line is spurring development in the rural counties along the island's west coast.

July 29, 2004 - Taipei Times

Supreme Court To Rule On Eminent Domain

The high court has been asked to decide whether the use of eminent domain in non-blighted areas for economic development violates the Fifth Amendment.

July 29, 2004 - Yahoo! Newswire

E-Planning System In Scotland

A new e-planning system will receive applications for home alteration and objections to developments online.

July 29, 2004 - BBC News

Pipe Dreams In The Dry West?

Western cities go beyond dams to pump water hundreds of miles from their expanding borders.

July 28, 2004 - USA Today

I'On, South Carolina: More Sanitized Than Stepford?

This New Urbanist community attempts to replicate historic Charleston without the human gumbo.

July 28, 2004 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

A Home With A View

Grass or trees? A recent study finds that home buyers might like a view of the woods better than a view of a lawn.

July 28, 2004 - University Of Michigan

Bio-diversity, Habitats Lost As Parks Are Tidied

UK local authorities are felling trees and clearing undergrowth in city parks, citing risks of crime and litigation, but in doing so, they reduce the variety of species and habitats in the parks which are vital to city dwellers.

July 28, 2004 - The Guardian Unlimited

The 'Hazing' of Our National Parks

This New York Times editorial calls for the toughening of environmental rules to address park haze -- industrial air pollution that is carried over to parks by the wind.

July 27, 2004 - The New York Times

Are Mobile Homes The Future Of Affordable Housing?

Amidst stigma and displacement, mobile homes offer new hope for affordable housing emerges.

July 27, 2004 - The Next American City

Zoning? That's So Last Century!

To guide the architectural quality of new development, communities are embracing form-based design codes as a more effective tool than conventional zoning.

July 27, 2004 - The Washington Post

Taking The Planet's 'Pulse'

The ambitious environmental monitoring project amounts to a massive global network designed for the sharing, dissemination and management of environmental information.

July 27, 2004 - The Washington Post

Are Landmark Buildings Ruining Our Cities?

Should we care about what iconic buildings really contribute to the neighborhoods that surround them?

July 26, 2004 - The Guardian Unlimited

Land Issues As Political Weapons

The John Kerry and George Bush campaigns are using hotly-debated land issues to mobilize followers.

July 26, 2004 - The Oregonian

The Environmental Record Of John Edwards

A review of the environmental record of John Edwards, John Kerry's running mate for the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

July 26, 2004 - Grist Magazine

Top 10 Issues For Real Estate Capital Markets

A new report by Deloitte's development practice highlights key issues facing the real estate industry.

July 26, 2004 - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

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.

Professor of Urban Planning

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Transportation Planner I

KFH Group Inc.

Director, Strategy and Research

Greater Baltimore Committee

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.