The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The APA report's conclusions are one more indication that planners and organizations associated with the "smart growth" movement are zeroing in on the need for more housing, rather than efforts to contain growth and development.

March 14 - The Boston Globe

Is Dennis Murphy the new face of the practical environmental movement, or a sellout to the development community?

March 14 - The Los Angeles Times

Across the nation, rail transit systems are are losing riders money. So why do city governments keep building them?

March 14 - The Weekly Standard

Memphis Commercial Appeal publishes a series of stories about the Mayor's attempt to address the issue of sprawl by bringing in national experts to educate and motivate the community.

March 14 - GoMemphis

The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from major U.S. environmental laws which would give it the freedom to pollute land, air, and water without being liable for damages.

March 14 - The Independent

Why is it that even after spending billions to build mass transit, fewer people commute to work by public transportation today than in the 1960s?

March 13 - Reason Public Policy Institute

London, Tokyo and Paris beat out New York as the priciest places to lease office space.

March 13 - National Real Estate Investor

In major cities across the Southwest, xeriscape landscaping is replacing the traditional lawn.

March 13 - The Washington Post

This commentary in the Springfield (MO) News-Leader argues thatSpringfield's economic resilience depends on the city setting astatewide example of growth management in the Show Me State.

March 13 - The Brookings Institution

To attract buyers, developers are spending vast sums of money to give new subdivisions a sense of place and community.

March 13 - The Washington Post

As sprawl increases, the demand for urban-redevelopment projects is increasing. Denver's Highlands' Garden Village is the perfect example.

March 13 - Wall St. Journal

Is the nation's fastest-growing city also the design capital of the U.S.?

March 13 - The New York Times

When the Marines return to Oceanside, CA, they may find that their military town has been converted to a tourist destination.

March 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Energy independence is possible if we can launch an Apollo-style effort to harness the power of hydrogen.

March 13 - Wired

Chicago Metropolis 2020 has released its Metropolis Plan, a policy document intended to be the business elite's broad new vision for the Chicago region a la the 1909 Burnham Plan.

March 13 - Chicago Metropolis 2020

General Motors is abandoning the EV1 electric vehicle.

March 12 - CBC News

Generation Xers are traditional after all -- they buy homes like the ones they grew up in.

March 12 - Housing Zone

Three lawsuits threaten the State of New Jersey's $175 million recovery plan for Camden.

March 12 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Joy Grant is helping the Nature Conservancy to become a global environmental organization.

March 12 - Grist Magazine

Scars from oil exploration activiy in northern Alaska are still visible eighteen years later.

March 12 - The New York Times