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Enrique Penalosa on NYC streets
Kudos to Kirk Westphal who shared with us his wonderful study of his beloved Ann Arbor - keep it up, Kirk!
Movement as an urban presence
Buildings vs. Cars (or --- Who are the real Environmental Culprits?)
Buildings Are More Responsible For CO2 Emissions Than Cars
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Great Places. You know them when you see them, right? But how do they become great? All the decisions we make, large and small, influence the quality of our neighborhoods, streets, and public spaces. The American Planning Association is launching its 2008 "Great Places in America" program to celebrate places of exceptional character, quality, and planning. For more details, go to: http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/
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Hi ALL! I want to personally apologize for the fake post about flirting and whatnot. I truly don't care what anyone's flirting style is. I DO, however, care about planning and would love to connect with like-minded fellow planners. Take care and keep doing great things!!
Cyburbia (http://www. cyburbia. org), founded in 1994, is the Internet's oldest continuously operating planning-related Web site. Cyburbia has served the planning community for nearly 14 years with very little funding or financial remuneration. The Cyburbia Forums (http://www. cyburbia. org/forums) went online in 1996, and today remains a vibrant virtual third place for planners, students and others interested in the built environment; 5,800 members, 400,000 posts, and still growing.
Cyburbia was the very first online community related to urban planning, but it was not mentioned in the otherwise comprehensive "Building Cities in the Virtual World" in the April 2008 edition of Planning Magazine. This comment is just a reminder to the planning community that, yes, Cyburbia still exists.
If you're looking to complement your Internet planning-related diet of news sites and mailing list bounce and out-of-office messages, visit Cyburbia and join our growing community of friendly planners.
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