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Churches Push Zoning Reform
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The City Council of Cheyenne, WY, petitioned by local religious groups, are changing zoning rules to allow churches to use land zoned commercial. The decision will open up vacant commercial buildings inside the city.
Get Public Support for Transportation Projects By Giving Them Jobs
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Seattle needs major revisions to its transportation infrastructure, according to local officials. Getting the public behind the expensive projects may be as simple as saying one word: jobs.
‘Firescaping’ For Fire Safety
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The first ‘firescape’ garden is in Santa Barbara, CA, and stands as an educational tool for landscaping homes for fire protection.
Preservationists vs. School District
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A 1920s school building in Portland, OR is at the center of a fight between school district officials - who have a bond measure to rebuild it - and local architects and preservationists.
Concrete Poems
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
St. Paul, Minnesota’s artist-in-residence has instituted a program where poems are imprinted into sidewalks throughout the city.
Top 10 Books - 2009
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Planetizen is pleased to release its eighth annual list of the ten best books in the planning field. With titles covering some of the most timely issues in planning — from form-based codes to exploding growth in China — the list gives readers an overview of the best ideas and writing in the field.
Riding the Baghdad Express
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
For about a month, commuter rail has been rolling in Baghdad. Where once there was danger, now there are commuters.
Important Court Decision Restores Local Govt. Control on Zoning for Wireless
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Robert E. Smith explains the impact of recent court decisions on the ability of local governments to control the placement of wireless towers in their communities.
Who Pimped the Electric Car?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Rock legend Neil Young, that’s who. He’s got a team of people working to turn his 1959 Lincoln Continental into the heaviest electric car on the road. Young writes in the Huffington Post about the ‘Lincvolt’, another electric behemoth.
Best Cities for Bicycles
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Bicycling Magazine has ranked U.S. cities in terms of air quality, bike infrastructure, and the number of other bikes on the road.
