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Issue #26: Spring 1997

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Diagnosing Your Community Before You Plan
by Joel S. Russell read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Too frequently communities plunge into an exhaustive comprehensive planning process without first completing a much quicker "diagnostic study." Attorney and planner Joel Russell explores what's involved in doing a diagnostic study, and how it can better focus a community's long-range planning efforts.

Roundabouts: What They Are & Why They Work
by Michael Wallwork read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Roundabouts are an increasingly popular approach to improving traffic flow and safety at intersections. Transportation engineer Michael Wallwork explains how roundabouts work, and compares their use to traffic signals.

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The Effective Planning Commission:
Retreat? Advance? read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Has your commission been looking for a way to get beyond the regular meeting routine? Elaine Cogan provides some tips on organizing for a successful retreat.

The Planning Commission At Work:
The Role of the Capital Improvement Program -- Part II read excerpts from article
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--- In the second of a three-part series on capital improvement programs, Mike Chandler outlines ten basic steps in preparing a CIP.

Street Wise:
Traffic Calming Basics read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Richard Untermann provides an introduction to "traffic calming" -- with examples of several techniques for reducing traffic speed and improving the pedestrian environment.

Looking Around:
Stopping Sprawl by Growing Smarter order and download article

--- Sprawl is causing some of the costliest problems America faces, yet, as Ed McMahon argues, several "myths" have made it more difficult for us to come to grips with sprawl.

Ethics & the Planning Commission:
Getting Even read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Planning commissions sometimes feel the urge to "get even" with a developer who has "burnt" them in the past. Greg Dale examines the ethical issues involved in getting even.

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