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RSS Feeds
What are feeds?
Feeds are handy ways of getting news delivered to you without having to visit the Web sites that publish it. They are summaries of the latest news that you can read with the help of a program called a feed reader.
What is a feed reader?
Feed readers, or "aggregators," are either programs you can download or online services you can use to collect feeds from your favorite Web sites. You will need to download a feed reader before you can begin to subscribe to feeds.
How do I use feeds?
On many Web sites, links to feeds can be a few words, or small orange buttons with symbol or letters on them like these:
  
Clicking on our button will take you to an MPC feed. Feeds may look confusing, but the only thing you need are their web addresses. To add a feed to a feed reader, copy its web address and follow the instructions included with the feed reader to add it. The feed reader will read the web address and download the news. It will even keep track of which ones you've read so you don't have to think about it!
You will need to download a feed reader before you can begin to subscribe to our feeds.
Popular feed readers and services
Windows:
FeedDemon ($29.95)
SharpReader (free)
NewzCrawler ($24.95)
Omea Reader ($49)
Mac:
NetNewsWire ($19.95)
Newsfire ($18.99)
Online services:
Bloglines (free)
Rojo (free)
Google Reader (free)
You can subscribe to several feeds here on metroplanning.org:
Community Building Initiative
Education
Housing
Regional Development/Sensible Growth
Transportation
Urban Development
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