Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pokes fun at Milwaukee suburban leaders who have prevented the city from considering light rail.

Vacant big box superstores can be hard to reuse, but some communities are adapting them creatively

By the end of 2005, Milwaukee will boast eight design-savvy new bridges.

A nondescript gas station in suburban Mequon serves as a positive example of what can happen when the city demands more creativity from developers.

Whitney Gould of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel considers the value and opportunities for the renewal of marginal, residual spaces.

Community stands up to Wal-Mart with the help of zoning.

Regional planners in southeastern Wisconsin are undertaking what may be the first regional technology planning effort in the nation.

Architect, planner, developer and author Alexander Garvin answers questions about the WTC and the field of planning.

Milwaukee neighborhoods are assessing 'green infrastructure' as method for economic development.

A regional planning agency expands its authority to telecommunications.

Milwaukee business and civic leaders announce a new economic development initiative focused on the inner city.

Legendary landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, left his imprint on 600 parks and open spaces throughout the nation.

Can Milwaukee become a national model for transforming brownfields into an engine for family-supporting jobs?

In Wisconsin, opponents of its "Smart Growth" law worry about erosion of properties rights and complain that land-use plans are too expensive.

A new system that limits the number of homes built annually has pitted large landowners against residents who fear the loss of rural character.

An interview with U.K. deputy prime minister John Prescott; he talks about the urban policy differences between the U.S. and U.K. as well as London's bold congestion charging experiment.

Milwaukee Mayor John O. Norquist will become president and chief executive officer of the Congress for The New Urbanism.

Studies have shown that building freeways only makes the traffic congestion problem worse.

Some cities are rediscovering the one-way, counterclockwise traffic circles known as roundabouts.

Policy-makes should take into consideration the economic and social costs of casinos.