Personal Rapid Transit
REMEMBER MORGANTOWN AND THE WVU PRT SYSTEM. The Phase I system began operations in 1975, with a final cost […]
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Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
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The Bloomberg Carbon Clock
The Bloomberg Carbon Clock tracks the level of CO2 in the atmosphere measured in parts per million. In mid-May the
Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness.
Fractals, like the Powers of Ten, is a concept seemingly unrelated to urban design and city planning. However, understanding natural
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Small City and Town Innovations.
SMALL CITY INNOVATION ADVANTAGES. Small cities and towns have a tremendous advantage over larger communities when it comes to innovation.
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Small Cities and Towns: 2050.
Find the Role for Main Street. As e-commerce continues to intrude into the downtown market place, as the next generation
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Main Street as an Aggregate “Third Place”.
Main Street as a “Third Place”. The Good Great Place alludes to the idea that main street itself can be
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Main Street as the City’s Holistic Center of Society.
Main Street as the Small City’s Social, Civic and Commercial Center. Main street has done a lot for America; and more
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Character Means Caring.
Character is Compassionate. An important feature of a character town is its compassion; its interest in taking care of its
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Innovation During Crisis: Remote Engagement Methods for the Future of Public Participation
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