United States
Toronto Group Pits Man Vs. Machine
In a three-way battle for transportation supremacy, a bicyclist, a subway rider, and driver race from the suburbs to downtown at rush hour. The challenge is for a report on the city's vitality.
Reinventing Public Space
Many urban plazas and parks in U.S. cities, until recently in state of deterioration, are enjoying a resurgence. Yet, the new role of private investment in public spaces that is helping to accomplish this renewal is also raising questions.
Friday Funny: The Mistaken Choose Transit
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pokes fun at Milwaukee suburban leaders who have prevented the city from considering light rail.
Multifamily Low Income Occupancy Compliance
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop provides guidance relating to low income occupancy compliance for multifamily developments.
A Novel Approach To Boosting Property Values
A team approach to improving a neighborhood while getting a good return on investment.
A Rebuttal To 'The Greater Mobility Opportunity Program'
Plausibility of Wendell Cox's transit replacement proposal is undermined by questionable assumptions.
South Korea To Move Capital To Rural Utopia
Fed up with the congestion of Seoul, President Roh Moo Hyun has designated a rural area as the site for the future 500,000 person capital.
EPA's M.P.G. Ratings Get An Inspection
With gasoline prices rising, a brouhaha has erupted over mileage stickers.
Cities Draw Attention To 'Brain Drain' Problem
While places like Michigan and Cleveland are investing millions of dollars to lure 20-somethings back, some demographers think expectations are exaggerated.
Monumental Row In Atlanta
Designer fears that World Athletes Monument will be damaged by proposal.
A Plan To End Sprawl In Southern Ontario
Ontario considers legislation to control sprawl and channel development towards urban centers.
The Phaidon Atlas Reviewed
The newly-published Phaidon Atlas reviews 1,052 buildings, includes 7,000 images, and weighs in at 824 pages.
Your Field Guide To Sprawl
Frustrated by the lack of a vocabulary to describe types of growth, Dolores Hayden has delivered the definitive work on the subject.
ASLA Announces Professional Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Professional Awards. (Includes project profiles and photos.)
The Housing Bubble Is About To Burst
Business Week evaluates the the impact of rising mortgage rates on the housing bubble -- and arrives at dire conclusions.
U-Turn On 'Roadless' Policy
Bush administration announces it will reverse one of the "most sweeping land preservation measures in decades".
Urban Information Technology Centers
A new report compares the economic performance and industrial composition of the nation's technology centers.
Retail Anthropologist Examines Mall Life
Author Paco Underhill's new book looks at the effects of psychology on the shopping experience.
First Open Source GIS Conference A Success
Photos and reports from the first North American Open Source Geographic Information Systems Conference.
Don't Give Away Highway Lanes To Carpools
We can no longer afford to give away highway lanes to carpools and low-emission vehicles, writes Ken Orski.
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
