United States
Light Rail May Increase Sales, Property Values
Rail transit tends to generate increased retail sales and increased business and residential property values, studies find.
World's New Tallest Building
A 101-story skyscraper in Taipei becomes world's tallest building at 1,667 feet, beating the 1,483-foot twin Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur.
How To Stop Sprawl: A User-Friendly Toolkit
The David Suzuki Foundation has released a toolkit to help communities stop sprawl.
The World's Tallest Building
The Taipei 101 office building is now the tallest in the world.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer Takes On Sprawl
Jessica Tirado interviews Congressman Earl Blumenauer about his groundbreaking work promoting livable cities.
Performance Indicators In Urban Transport Planning
Wendell Cox offers a methodology for allocating public resources to transit strategies that most effectivelycontribute to the achievement of long term transport objectives.
New EPA Study: Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting
This report empirically examines the relationship between school locations and the environment.
Book Review: Better Together: Restoring the American Community
Robert Putnam's follow-up to "Bowling Alone" lacks the statistical evidence featured in his earlier work.
Green Signal For Fast Trains
Rail has proven itself reliable, economically viable, and better for the environment, writes the Christian Science Monitor.
A Fistful of Dollars
Downtown outdoor movies are growing in popularity nationwide, helping to spark economic revitalization efforts.
Will Car-free Weekend Spur or Hinder Gentrification?
An in-demand Toronto neighborhood speculates about the impact of a new car-free weekend policy.
Ten Things To Know About Site Selection
An industry site selection magazine offers its list of ten things that professionals know about site selection that you don't.
He Wants To Reclaim Towns For Pedestrians
Dan Burden heads a nonprofit group that helps towns be more pedestrian-friendly.
100 Most Endangered Sites
World Monuments Watch has released a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites.
Building A Tech Economy In Small Regions
A new Brookings study examines five metro areas to determine which strategies foster technology development.
A Growing LULU
Economics may transcend 'the yuck factor and the chuckles,' as the U.S. has a major manure problem on its hands.
Eminent Domain is Unjust
Is economic revival a good enough reason for exercising eminent domain?
More Cops The Easy Answer for
George Will asserts that policing has achieved more success than any other effort to revitalize our inner cities.
Naturalized Immigrants More Likely To Become Homeowners
New Census data shows that naturalized immigrants are more likely to own homes than members of the same born in the U.S.
Revisiting The Socialist City
Tom Angotti offers a progressive planner's perspective on urban planning, and explores lessons we can learn from the good, the bad, the ugly, as well as the theoretical and the achievable, aspects of the Socialist City.
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
