United States
Back To The City
Babay boomers are leaving the suburbs and moving to pedestrian-friendly cities.
Increase in Intermodal Rail Traffic Strains Infrastructure
Trains and trucks are rolling again as the economy improves. But the recovery of the freight business brings challenges for infrastructure strained by increasing traffic. [Link corrected]
Traffic Control Of The Future
Could a futuristic reservation-based traffic system reduce the need for signals and increase traffic flow?
Telecommute... Or I Will Cut Your Budget
Two Congressmen are proposing legislation to increase the number of government telecommuters.
The Anti-Sprawl Concept Car
Smart Cities group joins forces with Frank Gehry and General Motors to design a concept car that tackles pollution, safety and urban sprawl.
Widespread Reductions in Housing Assistance
A new study details cuts in local housing aid caused by a Department of Housing and Urban Development funding change.
How Architects Are Rebuidling Their Firms
Growing architecture firms are adopting structures modeled after law firms that share ownership with multiple partners.
'Top 10 Stupid Environmental Policies'
To be environmentally smart, we need only to be less stupid.
Are SUV Drivers 'Idiots'?
The Mayor of London wants to levy a double congestion charge on SUVs. Are SUV owners "bad people"?
One Million People To Fight Heat Islands In Japan
Under a nationwide campaign, nonprofit groups and the Japanese government hope to get one million people to dump water on city streets in August.
Pollution Adding To Drought Woes
A new report claims pollution from coal-burning power plants could be cutting Rocky Mountain snowfalls by as much as 50%. Without water, the success of the West could be its own undoing.
Paris Turns Highway Into Tropical Paradise
For the third straight year, Paris' City Hall will pedestrianize a riverside motorway by creating a two-mile long beach complete with sand, palm trees, and swimming pool.
Challenging The Costs Of Sprawl
Is low-density development, a.k.a. sprawl, really more costly than more compact development? Wendell Cox and Joshua Utt of The Heritage Foundation question the assumptions behind the popularity of "smart growth."
Do Cancer Cases Cluster Around Atomic Plants?
Research into whether people living close to nuclear power plants are more likely to get cancer is not conclusive.
Neal Peirce: Are Green Buildings Affordable?
New projects are challenging the popular notion that green buildings are too expensive.
The Economy Of Smart Growth
Continuing the sprawl vs. smart growth debate, Todd Littman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute responds to The Heritage Foundation's recent study that argues lower-density development, or sprawl, is less costly than smart growth.
Wanted: Land To Develop
Strategies for dealing with urban sprawl and the lack of quality land to develop is presented by an industry practitioner.
Top 250 Design-Builders
Engineering News Record publishes its annual list of the top 250 U.S.-based design builders, whose total 2003 revenue exceeded $53 billion.
Cookie-cutter Designs Don't Always Cut It
Opponents of chain stores say the companies spread suburban sameness and ruin the distinctive character of neighborhoods.
Charging Up The Freeway
Tolls for fast lanes near cities would reduce traffic snarls -- and snarling drivers.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
