Research and Publications

Books and reports to foster understanding of urban planning, transportation and the economics of cities.

New Release: Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region. By Joseph Schwieterman and Alan Mammoser. Lake Forest Press. Now available at Chicago Architecture Foundation and Barnes & Noble DePaul Center. For a description of the text and to pruchase a copy please visit the Lake Forest Press website.   

Ten titles now available!

1. The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago
2. Abandoned Corridors
3. Alternatives to the Whistle
4. A Compendium of Municipal Population and Land Area Information: The Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1850-2000
5. Private Opinions
6. Shaping Contemporary Suburbia: Perspectives on Development Control in Metropolitan Chicago
7. Voices from the Past, Visions for the Future
8. When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment (Eastern U.S.)
9. When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment (Western U.S.)
10. Land Use Inventories: Practical Alternatives For Municipal Governments In Metropolitan Chicago

Research Publications (free downloads)

1. Kaleidoscope of Culture: Measuring the Diversity of Chicago's Neighborhoods

2. Return of the Intercity Bus

3. Railroad History Notes

4.  "Sales Tax Rates and Buying Behavior: Evidence from Communities Near the Cook County Boundary" (May 2009)

5. "Emerging Sales Tax Trends in Metropolitan Chicago" (August 2009)

6. "Regional Sales Tax Update" (November 2009)

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