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Making TODs Work: Lessons from Portland's Orenco Station

A project manager gives a real-world account of the successes and failures of one of the nation's most closely watched new transit-oriented communities, and its role in the regional growth management strategy.

June 17 - Michael Mehaffy

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How We Pay For Growth

June 2 - William Fulton

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Iconography and the Transect

May 19 - Dino Marcantonio

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Landowner Equity and Protecting the Commons

As cities and states across the U.S. strive to find solutions to the sprawling pattern of land development, promising control measures have been met head-on by one recurring and controversial issue -- land owner equity.

May 12 - William Honachefsky


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Libertarians At the Gates Of New Urbanism

April 28 - The Practice of New Urbanism listserv

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Market-Oriented New Urbanism

New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, and gain greater public acceptance by positioning itself as market-oriented with respect for personal freedoms.

April 21 - Chris Fiscelli


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Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate

If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.

April 14 - Fred Kent

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Boomburbs

Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, Anaheim and similar "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.

April 7 - Jennifer LeFurgy and Robert Lang

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Campaign of Sabotage

How government policies have inadvertently sabotaged public transit.

March 31 - Michael Lewyn

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Rethinking Historic Preservation

Historic preservation of the built environment is an overlooked, but critical component in the 'rise of a creative class'.

March 24 - Martha Frish and Rebecca Severson

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Preserving the American Dream By Cost Not Coercion

Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.

March 17 - Randal O'Toole

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London's Big Gamble

How is Central London faring under its new and controversial congestion pricing scheme?

March 10 - David Bayliss and Gabriel Roth

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Behind Enemy Lines at the Anti-Smart Growth Conference

Tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservatives and libertarians.

March 3 - Joel Hirschhorn

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Smart Growth 2.0

At the 2nd Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, participants discussed how to position smart growth for widespread adoption.

February 17 - Christian Peralta

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Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2002

PLANetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2002 -- from the best places to live to understanding the impact of 9/11 on our cities.

February 10 - Abhijeet Chavan and Chris Steins

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Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance

Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work?

February 3 - Wendell Cox

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The Golden Mean

January 27 - Richard H. Carson

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Deconstructing The Decons: The World Trade Center Project Spotlights The Empire's Newest Clothes

Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.

January 20 - Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy

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New Urbanists, Perplexed, Respond To Mr. Carson

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6 - Lucy Rowland, Michael Mehaffy, and Members Of The Pro-Urb Listserv

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

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