The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
The Future Of Oil
The Economist predicts the end of the age of oil is within sight.
Empathizing With Sprawlers
A Minnesota think tank looks to make practical improvements in sprawling communities.
Building On The Urban-Wildland Interface
Are the perils of building on fire-prone urban-wildland interface too great, or part of the costs of a growing city?
How America Is Ravaging The Planet
In a major investigation, Matthew Engel reports on how the Bush administration is ignoring all attempts to curb serious environmental damage to the nation and the planet.
Atlanta Looks To Portland For Ideas
Transportation officials from Georgia take a journey to Portland, OR to find inspiration for anti-sprawl strategies for the greater Atlanta region.
Affordable Housing? Yeah Right
A new report reveals that Manhattanites pay on average $1 million for a two-bedroom apartment.
California's Blazing Density (or Sprawl?) Problem
The state wrestles with age-old issues of growth amid some of the worst fires in history.
Is Your Town Funky?
A list of the world's top design hot spots.
Can Tejon Ranch Corp. Succeed?
The Planning Report interviews the CEO of Tejon Ranch Corp. about Southern California's largest development project.
U.S. Metro Air Quality Not Improving
EPA reports that despite nationwide efforts there have been no overall air quality gains in the last decade.
Tricycles The Answer To NYC Gridlock?
Pedicabs' provide an environmentally sound -- and fun -- way to navigate the Big Apple.
The World's Greatest Living Architect
Jay Merrick reviews the life and work of the "world's greatest living architect."
Your Own Personal Traffic-Light Changer
A front page article in the Detroit News details the emerging problem with a device that is now available to the public -- a traffic light changer.
Anti-Smart Growth Group Debunks Transit 'Myths'
A group that considers Smart Growth as one of the "greatest threat to American mobility, affordable housing, and freedom," calls rail transit "a costly and foolish investment."
The War On Sprawl
It is time to face sprawl politics and the sprawl lobby, writes Joel Hirschhorn.
Home Builders Train Guns On Ann Arbor Land Plan
Greenbelt would protect watershed, limit sprawl.
Religion And Zoning: A Home Or A Synagogue?
The debate over zoning and religion comes to a point in an historic upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Orthodox Jews and architecture connoisseurs.
FEATURE
Time to Face Sprawl Politics and the Sprawl Lobby
In the war on sprawl, the smart growth movement cannot directly compete with the powerful and well-funded sprawl lobby. But it is folly to ignore the sprawl lobby and its commitment to sustain the sprawl status quo.
In Search Of A New Planning Philosophy
Shaking off the legacy of modernism in urban planning and design.
Foreverglades
The latest project to protect and preserve the Florida Everglades indicates slow but certain progress between stakeholders.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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