The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A study of 85 urban areas finds traffic congestion is getting worse across the nation.

September 7 - The Washington Post

Can SODA, or 'Stay Out of Drug Areas' zones reduce drug deals and improve neighborhoods?

September 7 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Entrepreneurs And urban professionals are discovering life in the heartland. Are small cities the new economic cutting edge?

September 7 - The Denver Post

In recent years, the City of Omaha has made considerable progress in curbing and reversing negative trends, such as population loss and the deterioration of neighborhoods.

September 7 - Omaha World Herald

Study identifies cities where it is hardest to survive with a low income.

September 7 - The Los Angeles Times

A landmark 1566 bridge, destroyed in the early 1990's during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is rebuilt for the 21st century.

September 7 - Architecture Week

In U.S. metropolitan areas, the average price of homes hits $278,000.

September 7 - The Chicago Tribune

Peter Dreier discusses the growing poverty in America's suburbs and its possible political consequences.

September 7 - The Nation

Madison, WI, considers setting up a city-wide wireless internet network.

September 6 - Wisconsin State Journal

The European Council has set out to become the world's most competitive economy by 2010, while still focusing on sustainability.

September 6 - Shared Spaces

Medscape presents a conference report on how planners and medical practitioners work together to improve public health through community design.

September 6 - Medscape

A new dual-degree masters program from the University of Buffalo combines, architecture, planning and technology.

September 6 - State University of New York at Buffalo

A new TRB report examines the state of the practice and the benefits of transit-oriented development (TOD) and joint development throughout the United States.

September 6 - Transportation Research Board

As White House and Congress bargain, Michigan service faces retreat

September 5 - Michigan Land Use Institute

A proposed plan in Illinois would double fares for drivers who don't use an electronic toll collection program.

September 5 - The Chicago Tribune

Infamously bombed by the Allies in World War II, then occupied by Communists, Dresden seeks to reclaim its architectural legacy.

September 5 - The Washington Post

China gears up to build new, smaller nuclear plants to solve its growing energy needs.

September 5 - Wired

Why has so much investment in ITS technology produced so little progress in terms of improved system performance?

September 5 - Innovation Briefs

Shahkar Binesh-Pajouh has a doctorate in urban planning and raps about the problems of poverty.

September 4 - Alliance For Redesigning Government

Robert Kennedy Jr. accusses George W. Bush of being the "worst environmental president in nation's history."

September 4 - National Public Radio