United States
Traffic Density Data For N. American & European LRT Systems
Tables and figures that compare tramways, light railways, and light rail systems in the U.S., Canada, Westerno Europe, and Australia in terms of annual traffic density.
The Impact Of Outsourcing On Rural Communities
What happens to a rural town when the largest employer outsources all the jobs overseas?
Profiles Of The Next Generation Of Planners
Three masters-level planning students share why they decided to choose planning, and what they see as the future of planning.
Why Aren't People Using Jakarta's New Busway?
Jakarta's new busway is clean, cool, safe and speedy, yet it still has not gotten significant numbers of people out of their cars.
Shortages of Project Managers
The demand for project managers in Australia means that they are well paid and the industry is coming up with creative techniques of filling the shortfalls.
Trouble Downstream
Southeast Asian countries that depend on the Mekong River are being threatened by extensive dam building upstream.
Market Towns Losing Their Local Flavor
A survey of British towns finds significant threats from "uniform" new development.
A Change In The Nature Of Environmentalism?
A growing number of unlikely environmentalists are taking action where it matters most: at home.
In Defense Of Town Retail Vs. Out-of-town Big Boxes
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Prescott weighs in for the towns.
Book Review: Call Of The Mall
A new book explains everything you wanted to know about life in a mall -- including why they're built the way they are.
APA Ranks Top 25 Planning Stories
The APA's chooses 25 issues and events that have had the greatest impact on U.S. and global planning since 1978.
Skyscrapers Still Being Built Post 9/11
Despite arguments from many critics that 9/11 was the end of the skyscraper era, many cities continue to plan tall buildings.
Bush, Kerry, And Green Differences
In a tight presidential race, environmental issues could swing undecided voters.
How Taxes And Services Affect Economic Development
According to a new publication, state and local tax cuts are not the best use of public revenues, even to encourage job growth.
Oakland's Olmsted
Walter Hood is practicing a new approach for rejuvenating urban open spaces.
Money Talks, Logic Walks
Abandoning the town center, Britain gives in to the Big Box.
Does Environmentalism Equal Xenophobia?
The Sierra Club's leadership faces a divisive split over immigration issues -- does immigration lead to loss of wildlife habitat and urban sprawl?
Three Americas: A Profound Metamorphosis
The nation is undergoing an epic change.
The Case For Saving Hope
Hope VI is needed to address the remaining -- and still-lived in -- mistakes of past federal housing policies.
National Landscape Architecture Month
April 2004 has been declared as the National Landscape Architecture by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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
