Planning Tools & Databases

• Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
• Maryland Real Property Search
• US Census Department
• US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns
• Maryland Career and Workforce Information
• University of North Carolina’s Links for Planners
• FedStats home page
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Query
• Economic Information Database
• UC Berkeley’s City & Regional Planning Research database
• MIT OpenCourseWare for Urban & Regional Planning
• Local Government Commission
• National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
• Planning and Public Participation tools database
• Preservation Planning database
• Aerial Views
• Local Government Assistance Network
• National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Streets, Parking & Transportation

• Surface Transportation Policy Project
• Transportation Library Database
• Parking Supply Management
• Bicycle Transportation Institute
• National Center for Bicycling and Walking
• Urban Transit Options database
• Pedestrian Facilities Engineering
• Model Street Sections
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute

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Online Media

• American City and County Magazine
• Planning Commissioners Journal
• The Next American City Newsletter
• Planners Network
• Planetizen
• An Economic Development web log
• Otis White’s Urban Notebook
• Developing Creative Urban Villages
• New Urban News
• Metropolis Mag
• A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
• Tidepool Bioregional News Service

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Design Resources

• Local Initiatives Support Corporation design advisor
• Sustainable Communities Design Manual
• The Charrette Center
• Traditional Home Plans
• Project for Public Spaces
• Smart Communities Network
• Low Impact Development
• Pedestrian Oriented Street Design
• Dark Sky lighting
• Energy Efficient Building Technologies
• Urban Ecology

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Organizations

• American Planning Association
• American Society of Landscape Architects
• American Institute of Architects
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• The Trust for Public Lands
• The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Center
• American Farmland Trust
• Maryland Municipal League
• Urban Land Institute
• Rails to Trails Conservancy
• The Center for Neighborhood Technology
• National Main Street Center at the National Historic Trust

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Image Banks

• Metropolitan Design Center  
• Carfree Cities  
• Library of Congress Map Collection
• Skyscrapers
• Great Buildings Collection
• Model Commercial Development

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