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New App to Identify Cheaper, Easier Commuting Options
January 29, 2020

Florida Atlantic University wants to make it easier for students to get to and from campus.

ARE SOME URBAN SETTINGS RISKIER FOR TRAFFIC INJURY OR DEATH?
November 22, 2019

How dangerous is travel in the United States? It depends on how you frame the question.

$1.7M Watershed Planning Initiative
November 22, 2019

The Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM)’s Bureau of Mitigation prioritizes flood risk management as a means to protect people and property during flood events.

VIDEO: Master’s Students Propose El Rio Trail Enhancements
November 20, 2019

On Nov. 18, 2019, students from Dr. Louis Merlin’s Planning Workshop, the School of Urban and Regional Planning’s graduate capstone course, proposed enhancements to El Rio Trail to the City of Boca Raton Pedestrian and...

Best Paper Award
September 30, 2019

Dr. Steve Bourassa, director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning, and his co-authors received the best paper prize sponsored by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at the Asian Real Estate Society 2019 Annual...

Park Space and Cognition
September 30, 2019

Dr. Lilah Besser was selected to present at the 2019 annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) on her study of “Neighborhood Park Space and Cognition in Non-demented Older Adults: The Multi-Ethnic...

IT’S ABOUT MORE PEOPLE IN FEWER VEHICLES, NOT SELF-DRIVING CARS
September 10, 2019

This year alone, there are about 276 million vehicles operating on roads throughout the United States. Despite the current fascination with the concept of self-driving cars and their potential to reduce traffic congestion,...

Faculty Spotlight
August 28, 2019

Dr. Eric Dumbaugh, Associate Professor in the FAU School of Urban and Regional Planning, wears many hats.

Planning Abroad in Paris: Q&A
June 14, 2019

Led by Peter Henn, SURP Instructor, and Brandon Johnson, SURP graduate student and CDSI graduate adviser, a group of 24 SURP undergraduate and graduate students visited Paris, France in May.

FAU Student Turns Plastic Bottles into Housing
June 11, 2019

FAU Student Turns Plastic Bottles into Housing.