The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Smart Growth Communities Are More Affordable
Smart growth lowers consumer location costs for housing and transportation, a ULI analysis shows.
An Unlikely Village Marked By Eco Prowess
The Shaw Ecovillage Project applies traditional ecovillage principles to an underserved urban neighborhood.
L.A. Airport Expansion Plan: A Huge Boondoggle?
A much-criticized plan to reconfigure Los Angeles International airport has become one of the most expensive public works projects in the country.
Fresh Air, Soft Lights Show The Way To Smarter Energy Use
When the lights went out during the Blackout of 2003 in Detroit, the Midtown neighborhood sprang to life with creativity, conversation and children singing.
Old-Style Ballparks Create Vibrant Mixed-use Districts
Old-Style ballparks, fronting on urban streets, spur in-city living.
Least Affordable States And MSA's In The U.S.
'Decent and modest' housing is out of reach for millions of Americans. Massachusetts tops the list of least affordable states; San Jose, CA tops the list of least affordable MSA's.
Transportation Costs And The American Dream
When it comes to choosing between mass transit and the personal automobile, the vast majority of Americans vote clearly -- with their feet on the gas pedal.
Gehry's Frank Wit
Architect Frank Gehry shines as a stand-up comic.
The History Of Memorials
Newsweek offers an insightful perspective into how memorials have changed over the last century.
Righteous Duo Preserves, Adapts Buffalo's Architecture
Musician/Artist Ani DiFranco and manager Scot Fisher work to save a landmark.
Looking to Suburbs to Do Their Part
Housing authorities in Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are doing outreach to landlords in the suburbs to give more options to housing voucher holders.
Air At Ground Zero Called 'Brutal'
In the two years since the attack, thousands of New Yorkers have contacted the World Trade Center health registry, reporting cases of persistent coughs, wheezing, shortness of breath and sinus inflammation.
Revitalizing Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is on the verge of a full-scale revitalization, and an ambitious new plan for 15 acres of parkland in the urban core could be the missing piece.
Fuel Of The Future: Hope Or Hype?
New technology holds the promise of a breakthrough environment-friendly fuel. Or it could be a red herring.
Who Is Really Designing The WTC Site?
Did you think that Libeskind won the competition to the design the new WTC site? You were wrong.
WTC Dream Becoming an Implementation Nightmare
Why the redevelopment of Ground Zero could be 'the most complicated, contentious and warily watched real estate venture ever undertaken.'
Manhattan's New Way Of Thinking
Two years after 9/11, it's lost jobs, lost bustle, gained humanity -- a city fazed, but moving on.
New Take On Density Changes College Town
Monster additions and a sea of cement allow more students to be packed into neighborhood.
London's Crossrail
Central London's four most popular tube lines are severely overcrowded. Yet government refuses to invest in a new rail line that would ease congestion and revitalize local communities.
Homeless Students Left Behind
Suburban school districts, 'unaware of federal and state legislation that guarantee access to education,' bar homeless students from schools.
Smith Gee Studio
City of Charlotte
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)
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
