United States
Driving In Circles
A new book examines the 'vicious cycle' of highway development and its impact on sprawl.
How To Revitalize Cities Through The Arts
Canada's Globe and Mail covers author Richard Florida's talk at the Creative Places + Spaces conference.
TOD Is Good For Drivers Also
Hank Dittmar offers evidence that building transit benefits drivers, as well as transit riders.
Bus vs. Rail
Are fast and efficient buses 'the wave of the future,' or just a cheaper alternative to rail?
Historic Reuse: The New Development Ethic?
Historic preservation has become an enlightened rallying cry -- and new ethic -- for many forward-thinking cities.
Improving Metropolitan Decision Making In Transportation
A daunting set of transportation challenges threaten to undermine metropolitan areas' competitive edge in the global economy.
How To Heal The Electricity Grid
Our electric power grid our the nation's circulatory system. Scientific American examines how to keep the nation healthy.
New Urbanism From A Policing Perspective
Is there a conflict between New Urbanist design principles and accepted safe community design practices?
Smart Growth Critic Accused Of 'Journalistic Fraud'
The Columbus Dispatch will no longer publish opinion pieces by Samuel Staley following an accusation that he "borrowed ideas".
The McMansion Next Door
Homes are the one item where spending more doesn't guarantee good design. The 'American house needs a makeover.'
Skybuses: An Alternative For Congested Cities?
India's Skybus project will cost less than half a traditional metro railway system, will not displace people, and will provide a comfortable and relatively inexpensive transportation alternative.
Some Of The World's Worst Environmental Violations
The Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning takes on the issue of environmental enforcement around the world.
Land That's a Goldmine
In many states, a trend to recycle abandoned quarries for residential development 'is accelerating.'
Bet The Farm On It
A new study finds that agricultural easement programs are protecting farmland from urban expansion.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Millions of children in the U.S. are being raised by their grandparents; various groups and organizations speculate on causes.
The Promised Land
Throughout American history, blacks have been systematically denied something they cherish.
Dead Places
Abandoned buildings, mines, storm drains and tunnels have become the playground for a new generation of urban explorers.
Unmarried America
New demographics and non-traditional families are changing the nature of the U.S. social infrastructure.
Life-Saving Streets
'Hardened street furniture' could save city streets both from terrorism and the fashion police.
Personal Rapid Transit Will Never Happen
Randal O'Toole offers his perspective on why Personal Rapid Transit will never happen -- and how it will happenif it does.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
