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US cities have long catered to a population that prefers to drive. How do you remake a city into a pedestrian dream?

The BBC's Franz Strasser went to Raleigh, North Carolina where he met with DCRP student Matt Tomasulo to discuss his Walk Raleigh project.

Carolina Planning Journal

We are pleased to report the official launch of the new Carolina Planning website! This new web presence both extends the reach and impact of the Journal and provides unprecedented access to our archives, with over 500 original articles, commentaries, interviews, and book reviews from some of the most formative years of the planning field.

Chapel Hill 2020: Planning for Sustainability

DCRP's David Godschalk discusses features of 10 outstanding comprehensive plans from around the country in terms of how well they meet sustaining places principles.

Turn Foreclosure Frustration into Policy Action

(Opinion – Roberto Quercia)
Occupy Your Home advocates across the country have good reason to demonstrate their frustration over mounting foreclosures and market excesses. They have called for a National Day of Action to protest.

DCRP hosts the Divided Cities and Regions Symposium

Development occurs in the context of conflict, and development can be the cause of conflict. Top scholars, professionals and students all recently came together at DCRP to discuss how to mediate conflict in the practice of urban planning.

Affordable housing gap

"The programs that are out there produce great housing,” said Chris Estes (MRP '02) with the North Carolina Housing Coalition. “We have a great delivery system of for profit and non-profit developers who build it, just not enough funding to keep up with the need."

Diversity Committee Bus Trip

It's time for a field trip! The best way to understand a community, and the challenges it faces, is to get out and see it.

Tax for Transit will pay dividends

Opinion – William Rohe

The Triangle will vote on referendums to increase the local sales and use tax by one-half percent to support public transit. Do we need a passenger rail system in the Triangle? Careful study suggests the answer is, unequivocally, yes.

Regaining the Dream

As the nation works to restore a vibrant housing market, a new book by researchers at UNC at Chapel Hill tells what really caused the foreclosure crisis and how to rebuild a safe and sustainable U.S. housing finance system.

UNC, Peking University establish urban planning consortium

“The rate of urban growth in China is extraordinary,” says William Rohe, director of the UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies. “In a decade or two, small Chinese towns are literally developing into metropolises.”

The Research Triangle

Over the past three decades, the economy of North Carolina's Research Triangle—defined by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill—has been transformed from one dependent on agriculture and textiles to one driven by knowledge-based jobs in technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.

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