Texas
Construction Threatening Downtown Businesses In Houston
Small businesses that helped revitalize downtown Houston could be threated by construction projects.
Urbanizing A Rural Lake In Dallas
Dallas' Lake Ray Hubbard has attracted thousands of new residents and millions in development. Is this progress or sprawl?
Creating A Regional Vision For Central Texas
John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe lead an effort to develop a regional vision for Central Texas.
Dallas Light Rail Vindicated?
Dallas neighborhoods who once fought against light rail are now begging for local stations.
Houston's Top Issue: Traffic
Houston residents says that transit mobility is the top issue in the upcoming mayoral election.
Ambitious Plan To Improve Houston Air Quality Approved
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a five-year clean air plan for Houston, TX.
Chemical Foul Play Near Houston
A five-year study finds that two chemical companies near Houston have been releasing benzene into the air.
Transit Helps Rural Tourism In Texas
A nonprofit organization is hoping to rebuild a 14-mile train from Teague to Mexia to boost tourism in the area.
Downtown Retail To Be Renovated For New Use
A historic downtown retail site in Austin, TX, will be renovated for office and residential use.
Houston Finds New Is Not Better
Houston -- the town that once prided itself on knocking down the old to build the new -- is returning to traditional real estate values.
Why Texas Cities Will Stop Recycling
For some Texas cities, recycling is five times more expensive than burying waste in a landfill.
Urban Village Development in Texas a Complicated Affair
"Urban Villages," the development trend that is meant to counter sprawl, is facing challenges in Texas.
El Paso: When Growth Becomes Sprawl
Faced with the first phase of a planned 1,300-home subdivision, El Paso struggles to decide when exactly growth becomes urban sprawl.
Smart Growth And Sprawl In Texas
Would smart growth strategies actually drive up housing costs and increase traffic in Texas?
Land Use Control 'Bought' On Unannexed Land
City purchases restrictive land use covenant over land not in the city limits.
Houston's Eighth Wonder Of The World
Houston's bid for the 2008 Olympics may rest on how it rehabs the aging Astrodome.
Federal Funding Ban On Light Rail Continues In Houston
House lawmakers dealt a major setback to expansion of light rail in Houston on Tuesday, rejecting efforts to restore federal funding for the system.
Texas Gives Suburbs Power To Run Mass Transit
Gov. Rick Perry signed a mass transit bill into law late Sunday which allows suburban counties adjacent to large cities to create, organize and manage their own mass transit authorities.
Transit Mall Planned Around Dallas Transit Station
100 acres of the Urban Center development in Las Colinas have been set aside for a transit mall that will be built around the DART light-rail station scheduled to open in 2008.
Dallas Rejects Super-sized Billboards
The Dallas planning commission rejects the use of "supergraphics" on downtown buildings.
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.
City of Moreno Valley
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
Newport County Development Council: Connect Greater Newport
