The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A suburb in Chicago enlists volunteer planners, developers and others to take control in rehabilitating a declining neighborhood.

September 6 - The Chicago Tribune

More than 100,000 families are at risk of losing their housing subsidies, according to a Congressional Budget Office study and housing advocates.

September 6 - The New York Times

The City of Petaluma, CA is considering a workforce housing linkage fee on new commerical, industrial, and retail development in the city.

September 6 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Alter Group's 2 million sq. ft. development, nation's largest ever on Native American Land, is expected to create up to 15,000 new jobs.

September 5 - National Real Estate Investor

Smart City Radio show asks the question: "Does sprawl make us fat?"

September 5 - Smart City

San Francisco's Transbay Area is destined to take advantage of promixity to the financial district, waterfront, and a new multi-modal transit terminal with high-density residential development.

September 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

America's infrastructure is full of cracks, leaks and holes and is getting worse, according to an analysis by civil engineers that gives the nation's transportation, water and energy systems an overall grade of D-plus.

September 5 - Newsday

Is new urbanism changing the way the public thinks about downtown -- even if they don't know what new urbanism is?

September 5 - The Augusta Chronicle

The signature federal program to promote transportation alternatives is headed for extinction. Neil Peirce asks Congress to look at the results of similar initiatives in Europe.

September 5 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. is on track to becoming an urban-planning fiasco, writes Catesby Leigh.

September 5 - Wall St. Journal

Eight years in the making, Lower Manhattan's commercial canyon has transformed into something better than planners had envisioned.

September 5 - The New York Times

Architect Cedric Price recently passed away, but his experiments in England with non-planned areas are still fundamental.

September 5 - Open Democracy

Nationally renowned architectural historian Vincent Scully is recognized for "using the power of ideas to influence development."

September 4 - Yahoo! Newswire

The City of Chicago will work with local banks to develop strategies to 'help families avoid losing their homes to foreclosure.'

September 4 - The Chicago Tribune

The 'Click It or Ticket' campaign's in-your-face approach shows results by pushing up Arizona seat belt usage to 86% -- up 12% from last year.

September 4 - The Arizona Republic

Organized labor helps push for sustainable energy practices.

September 4 - The Boston Globe

Wendell Cox critiques a recent report on sprawl and obesity, and puts the findings in context.

September 4 - Heartland Institute

A team at the University of Minnesota develops innovative maps to stimulate conversation about urban planning.

September 4 - The Los Angeles Times

An unusual project of the University of Minnesota hopes to promotes the Twin Cities as a center for design by offering a fresh perspective of it's urban environment.

September 4 - Pioneer Planet

The EPA will relax the ban on the sale of land polluted with PCBs.

September 4 - USA Today