The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Toronto Group Pits Man Vs. Machine
In a three-way battle for transportation supremacy, a bicyclist, a subway rider, and driver race from the suburbs to downtown at rush hour. The challenge is for a report on the city's vitality.
Reinventing Public Space
Many urban plazas and parks in U.S. cities, until recently in state of deterioration, are enjoying a resurgence. Yet, the new role of private investment in public spaces that is helping to accomplish this renewal is also raising questions.
Starbucks Makes The Neighborhood
It's a neighborhood if it's got a Starbucks.
Friday Funny: The Mistaken Choose Transit
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pokes fun at Milwaukee suburban leaders who have prevented the city from considering light rail.
Affordable Housing Statute Promotes Sprawl
Massachusetts 40B statute is contrary to the state Vision 2020 smart growth vision.
New Urbanism In Virginia
Several new development projects look to New Urbanism for inspiration.
Multifamily Low Income Occupancy Compliance
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop provides guidance relating to low income occupancy compliance for multifamily developments.
Chicago's Millenium Park Finally Opens
An interactive guide to Chicago's Millenium Park -- the city's "boldest outdoor cultural project in more than a century".
The Making Of A Megaproject
A massive petrochemicals complex takes shape in southern China.
A Novel Approach To Boosting Property Values
A team approach to improving a neighborhood while getting a good return on investment.
Private Views Vs. Public Trees
The City of Dana Point sues a resident who chopped off the tops of seven pine trees in a public park to improve the view from his multimillion-dollar home.
Wal-Mart Faces City Zoning Hurdles
Wal-Mart faces city zoning hurdles in Mission, Kansas, as the retailer attempts to rehab struggling 350,000 square foot indoor shopping mall into a "Supercenter".
A Community Amid Slums: Living In 100 Square Feet
The L.A. Times presents the fourth report in a series on Africa's swelling slums. This article focuses on a community known as 'Deep Sea'.
A Rebuttal To 'The Greater Mobility Opportunity Program'
Plausibility of Wendell Cox's transit replacement proposal is undermined by questionable assumptions.
When the Real Estate Market Ruins Your Plans
Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.
South Korea To Move Capital To Rural Utopia
Fed up with the congestion of Seoul, President Roh Moo Hyun has designated a rural area as the site for the future 500,000 person capital.
EPA's M.P.G. Ratings Get An Inspection
With gasoline prices rising, a brouhaha has erupted over mileage stickers.
LA Braces For $1 Billion Staples Center Development
Covering six blocks, the mixed-use plan will include theaters, restaurants, and a massive hotel within walking distance of the Convention Center. City officials have yet to include financial support.
The 'New Face' Of Chicago: Millennium Park
Over budget and four years late, Chicago's stunning Millennium Park will become 'the new face' of the City.
Cookie-Cutter Suburb Uses Pride to Distinguish Itself From Others
Fifty years later, Lakewood, the Los Angeles Levittown, proudly holds on to its working-class roots.
Caltrans
City of Fort Worth
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Portland
City of Laramie
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