In this lesson students will find cities in the United States that are of similar size to Eugene, OR (their hometown) and compare attributes such as crime rate, land area, etc. using box and whisker plots. Prior to the...

As the American population continues to age, there is a growing concern in some quarters that the government and the private sector might be ill-prepared with the increased demands of an older population. The Brookings...

A state planning website might not sound like the most fascinating site out there, but the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) proves all doubters wrong. The site is replete with interesting planning documents,...

The MassTransit website is dedicated to "Better Transit Through Better Management", and their offerings include industry news, email newsletters, video profiles, and opinion pieces about the world of mass transit. The...

Part of MIT's innovative OpenCourseWare Project, that provides materials from MIT classes to the public on the web, the site provides materials from a course that examined the forces that act upon urban areas, and how...