Land Use

Imagine bicycles traveling at speeds up to 50 miles per hour in enclosed tubes hanging above the streets.

January 6, 2006 - Smart City Radio

Why is Canada's largest city also its most insecure?

January 6, 2006 - Maisonneuve

Charles Carroll descendants' may allow development of their Doughoregan estate. (Carroll is the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.)

January 6, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Planning Magazine examines how cities are encouraging multifamily projects and higher densities.

January 5, 2006 - Planning Magazine

San Diego has built apartments close to services to help keep homeless off the streets.

January 4, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

A powerful trio of civic leaders are the real drivers of what happens -- or doesn't happen -- in downtown Phoenix.

January 4, 2006 - The Arizona Republic

The Michigan Land Use Institute publishes a Brownfield redevelopment how-to report describing the state's success in developing a job-producing program.

January 4, 2006 - Michigan Land Use Institute

With unprecedented growth expected at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas, is expected to grow by 50,000 - 60,000 people in the next six years.

January 4, 2006 - El Paso Times

The Census Bureau's projected U.S. population for the year 2030 is 363,584,435, 23 percent more than today's population of 296 million. The Washington Post asks six observers how this growth will change the country?

January 3, 2006 - The Washington Post

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District in December, 2005 approved the Indirect Source Rule, making it the first Air District in the US to regulate land uses, much to the ire of the building industry. Will they take the Air District to court?

January 2, 2006 - The Stockton Record

Despite a history of plentify supply, water is a central issue in New Jersey's future growth as it races to become the first state to reach full build-out of its developable land.

January 2, 2006 - Courier -News

A new report from Harvard shows that Boston's housing affordability crisis is created fundamentally by regulation.

January 2, 2006 - The Boston Globe

A large development may be constructed near Boise in the wake of arguments between city and county planning officials.

December 31, 2005 - The Boise Weekly

A Connecticut suburb could have so much underground lead that 114 houses may be demolished –- but is the threat real?

December 29, 2005 - New Haven Advocate

A revival of industrial towns just outside expensive metropolitan areas accompanies the grueling commutes of the new residents. While describing the Lehigh Valley, the reporters also mention the far-out regions of Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area.

December 26, 2005 - The New York Times

WSJ columnist Melanie Kirkpatrick tells the story of Susette Kelo: From humble abode to eminent domain.

December 25, 2005 - The Wall Street Journal

A political ban on building a subway through some of L.A.'s most dense neighborhoods is being lifted as traffic slows transportaiton to a crawl. But now, finding funding for a Red line expansion may prove nearly impossible.

December 24, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Could allowing homeowners in a community to pool their property for sale to a private developer be a suitable alternative to eminent domain powers?

December 24, 2005 - Forbes

New Orleans debates the future of the city's canals "that betrayed this city".

December 22, 2005 - The New York Times

When The New York Times linked CNU planners to an alleged scheme to replace a neighborhood with a golf course, it blundered and missed a larger story on renewing Coastal Missisippi, say CNU co-authors John Norquist and Stephen Filmanowicz.

December 22, 2005 - John Norquist