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Traditional congestion pricing strategies are meant to reduce demand on heavily congested roads by charging every user a toll during times when the facility experiences congestion. Value pricing refers to the practice of requiring drivers to pay the right toll for the first class service of a guaranteed congestion-free lane.
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With tremendous economic and population growth, the Southeast needs a comprehensive, multimodal transportation system as a alternative to automobile travel. High-speed rail (HSR) service would provide business and leisure travelers with a competitive alternative to air and auto trips.
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Americans use the interstate highway system as a means of escape from natural disasters, but these roads may offer false hope with regard to escaping terrorist attacks. Such disasters require a different and creative approach to prevent chaos and the overuse of the highway system in evacuating metropolitan regions which could potentially lead to other harmful consequences.
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Green building is on the rise and many planners are paying attention to the potential environmental, financial and economic benefits, including reduced energy and water costs, enhanced worker productivity, better health conditions, and reduced liability. This article provides an introduction to green building by defining it, explaining the guidelines, and addressing the benefits and costs.
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This article discusses the flawed processes of subdivision design and the potential solutions to building these areas with the landscape and terrain in mind.
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Green building concerns environmentalists, planners, and builders alike. The energy efficiency of a building can add real and perceived value to a property. Certain green building techniques and guidelines can make a home less expensive to operate and thus more attractive to the consumer.
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Tax incentives for historic rehabilitation can promote central-city economic development around legacy sites that would otherwise go neglected under inexorable and institutionalized suburbanization. North Carolina has had some success with it historic rehabilitation tax credit but can still improve the program.
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Emergency officials are always searching for glitches in their disaster plans. Drills are rarely sufficient and sooner or later, planners must experience the real thing to find inevitable kinks in their systems. And that is what Hurricane Floyd did--it exposed flaws in hurricane preparedness that North Carolina is working to fix.
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In recent years, economic development practitioners and planners have begun to recognize the role of the arts in regional economies and their use in downtown revitalization and other aspects of economic sustainability, particularly for rural areas and small towns. This article examines Chatham County, North Carolina and its residents' attempts to create and envision arts-based economic development strategies.
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16028
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In the past few decades, economic growth in Chapel Hill has fueled the demand for housing in the town and put increasing development pressure on many of the town's traditional neighborhoods. Northside, a historically African-American neighborhood, began experiencing these development pressures in the 1990s as new construction increased rapidly. In response to the pressures, Northside residents worked with town officials to establish a Neighborhood Conservation overlay district to constrain development in order to preserve the character of this long-standing neighborhood.
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16029
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Racism is still a pervasive problem in today's cities, and successful urban planning requires addressing this problem in both its blatant and subtle manifestations.
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This article presents an interview with Dr. John Cooper, director of the Emergency Preparedness Demonstration project, about the Project's efforts to help low-income, minority communities build capacity for emergency response and preparedness.
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16031
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Climate change, along with the associated rise in sea level and changes in storm patterns, is an issues that planners are going to have to confront head on. This article lays out the issue of climate change and the challenges ahead for planners, while also offering tactics for planning ahead.
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16032
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Over the past five years, Hispanic immigration has hit a critical mass in North Carolina as a result of explosive population growth among immigrant populations. In an effort to address this trend, several of North Carolina's towns and counties have passed explicitly anti-immigrant ordinances.
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As North Carolina's economy shifts from one based in agriculture and textile manufacturing to a new economy founded on technological advancement, the author explores the strength and potential of the aero/space industry within North Carolina's borders. This article give an in-depth look at this industry as it stands in the state and carefully details the resources the aero/space field can draw upon for future growth and expansion.
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