Massachusetts
Groups Charge New Rules Eliminate Public Participation
The advocacy organizations Public Citizen and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service will be arguing in a Boston court that new Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules intended to increase "efficiency" in nuclear reactor licensing.
Big Dig Springs Big Leak
Boston's artery tunnel springs a leak, baffling engineers and snarling traffic.
Northampton Catches Up To Tear-down Trend
Northampton, Massachusetts faces an uglier side of successful economic revitalization.
A Call For A Car Alternative
A columnist issues a call for an alternative to the oil dependent, traffic-inducing automobile.
Fight Sprawl: Eat Locally
A new movement encourages eating local foods as a way to prevent sprawl and development of local agricultural lands.
Why Boston's Plants Bloom Earlier Now Than 100 Years Ago
Boston's average temperature has increased 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past century.
Boston: Urban Canvas
A program in Boston encourages young people to use collaborative outreach techniques to design and paint murals -- and foster community pride in many of Boston's neighborhoods.
EPA Proposes Large-Scale Effort to End 'Dead Zones'
The multibillion-dollar effort tightens regulations on sewage plants to limit the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous entering the Chesapeake Bay.
Boston Balances Lofty Ambitions, Harsh Realities
Under the spotlight of the Democratic Convention, 'the city on a hill' faces the strain of modern pressures on traditional political, economic, and social landscapes.
Don't Draw A Line If You Don't Have To
Most Bostonians have no idea where neighborhood boundaries start or end, thanks to a multitude of neighborhood maps.
Old Boston, New Boston: A Work In Progress
The struggle between tradition and innovation has characterized the city since colonial days.
Affordable Housing Statute Promotes Sprawl
Massachusetts 40B statute is contrary to the state Vision 2020 smart growth vision.
Boston Greenway Mired In Red Tape
Through the newly-signed agreement, Boston gets a look at the convoluted operation of the Big Dig parks.
Random Searches On Trains
If Boston commuter-train passenger searches are truly random, they will avoid the possibility of racial profiling.
Massachusetts Rolls Back Urban Renewal Restrictions
A new law allows for cities to use eminent domain without first proving a neighborhood is 'blighted.'
Big Dig Centerpiece Park Lacks Plan
While Boston's new Rose Kennedy Greenway will replace an elevated highway with a mile-long park this summer, key details, such as a final design, are not in place.
Security Precaution Hits Subways: Is It Too Much?
Boston is the first city to plan random searches of commuters, spurring questions over civil liberties.
Alan Altshuler Named Acting Dean of Harvard Design School
Longtime urban policy scholar, Alan Altshuler, is appointed to serve as acting dean of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
Citistates Report: Boston Unbound
Boston has all of the right ingredients to become on of the most rewarding places on earth to live -- if the city can get over it's 'assumed superiority'.
The Perils Of Designing For Geniuses
Frank Gehry faced a different set of challenges in designing for MIT's famously reclusive professors.
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.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
City of Moreno Valley
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
