The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it.

August 5 - Slate

Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are trying to understand globetrotting pollution.

August 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

Not all cities lost middle-class households in past 20 years.

August 5 - The Brookings Institution

Arizona State University will work with the City of Tempe to develop nearly 100 acres of land around its campus.

August 5 - East Valley Tribune

The largest ports in America are missing major, obvious opportunities to clean up its air and publicly demonstrate its commitment to lowering emissions.

August 4 - Long Beach Press-Telegram

Wired Magazine interviews Cameron Sinclair, director of Architecture for Humanity -- an effort to bring world-class architecture to impoverished areas.

August 4 - Wired

The Planners Network Steering Committee issues a statement opposing Israel's controversial barrier in the West Bank.

August 4 - Planners Network

When roadway improvements do not keep pace with rapid urbanization in smaller towns, the results can be deadly.

August 4 - The Los Angeles Times

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I missed <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040801/va_fi_ne/downtown_l_a__reels__em_back_in_1">this</a> story in Variety this weekend. It's about movie theaters in downtown Los Angeles as the latest strategy to "revitalize" the neighborhood where my fellow blogger Chris and I used to drive late, late at night when we were kids, to view the postapocalyptic emptiness of it all.<br /> <br /> A salient bit:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Almost a century has passed since Hollywood staged its biggest premieres in the urban heart of Los Angeles. But tonight's preem of DreamWorks and Paramount's "Collateral" at the 2,000-seat Orpheum Theater could be a turning point for the opulent movie palaces along South Broadway. </blockquote>

August 4 - Anonymous

The Executive Director of the San Bernardino Associated Governments addresses the challenge of meeting the region's infrastructure needs in today's fiscal climate.

August 4 - The Metro Investment Report

Avis and Motorola commission a study to rank the 75 biggest metropolitan areas according to how difficult they are to drive in.

August 4 - USA Today

In a trend that is defying post-9/11 predictions American downtowns continue to grow.

August 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A growing trend in architecture encourages building design to motivate -- or even require -- employees to exercise.

August 4 - CNN

Popularity of Milwaukee-Chicago rail corridor generates demand formore frequent and faster trains.

August 4 - BizJournals

New research shows that animals can learn to follow man-made routes to make trips easier.

August 4 - Scientific American

The oft-forgotten story of how a hip town came to be that way.

August 3 - Metroland Online

The Atlanta Regional Commission's proposed $74 billion blueprint for traffic, Mobility 2030, has been widely assailed.

August 3 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PATH Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a metrowide trail system for Atlanta, aims to build a trail that stretches from Alabama to downtown Atlanta.

August 3 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

From Boulder, CO to Portsmouth, NH to Ybor City, FL, cities across the nation are restricting the sounds "that disrupt the quiet of suburbia."

August 3 - USA Today

Lynn Becker visits Chicago's newest landmark -- the Millenium Park.

August 3 - LA City Beat