The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal's "Eyes on the Road" columnist, Joseph B. White, ponders the "next big debate over the role of the automobile in America" now that fuel efficiency was raised, and the direction he points to is most surprising.

Foreclosed homes continue to plague cities across the country as large swaths of land and entire neighborhoods are abandoned.

Rental car companies are venturing into the field of car-sharing.

A recent report has found that restricting the government's eminent domain powers does not harm economic growth.

Rural communities being "discovered" by investors is turning out to be a mixed blessing for some small towns.

In this opinion by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, she rejects the recommendation by a national transportation commission to increase the gas tax, instead preferring road tolls, congestion pricing, and other private sector investment.

A new report in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association examines how home-owning and aging baby boomers will drastically affect the housing market.

After some underwhelming proposals have come in for a project at New York's Hudson Yards, this editorial asks whether the public participation is even necessary for a project that will most likely evolve with little public interaction and oversight.

High design is entering the realm of affordable housing, with numerous projects around the country garnering acclaim.

Despite a rocky real estate market, cities across the globe are investing in large-scale development projects.

In this article from The Wall Street Journal, Joel Kotkin discusses the history of suburban development, and looks at how they have changed in the years since Levittown.

Developers seek to use the environmental friendliness of their projects to lure second home buyers who may be struggling with the guilt of buying another home and increasing their environmental footprint.

Long neglected, the Broadway theater district of Los Angeles is a far cry from New York's thriving theater district. But renewed interest in L.A.'s old theaters may bring about an arts renaissance.

Toll booths should be eliminated from the country's toll roads, according to Robert Poole.

Plans to build an expansive mid-city park in Dallas may be squashed as voters consider whether they want to pay for a six-lane tollway and various other highway improvements to mitigate the loss of transportation routes through the proposed park.

In Houston, the only major U.S. city with no zoning laws, plans to construct a high-rise condo complex in an affluent neighborhood have residents outraged.

Florida seems to be losing its edge at attracting new residents. More people are moving out than in, and rising costs are taking the blame.

Park(ing) Day takes off in cities across America in an effort to raise awareness of the shortage of public parks in urban areas, and to highlight the amount of miles and gallons of gas wasted by drivers looking for parking spots.

Across the country, communities and housing associations are finding themselves in heated debates over what would otherwise be a rather banal subject: drying clothes. Some want to use clotheslines, but others worry about plummeting property values.

The nationwide slump in the housing market is manifesting itself in the shrinking square footage of new McMansions.