The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Cities Need A Wi-Fi Network
Madison, WI, considers setting up a city-wide wireless internet network.
The Lisbon Strategy: Clean, Clever, Competitive
The European Council has set out to become the world's most competitive economy by 2010, while still focusing on sustainability.
Obesity And The Built Environment
Medscape presents a conference report on how planners and medical practitioners work together to improve public health through community design.
Master's Degree In Architecture, Planning And Technology
A new dual-degree masters program from the University of Buffalo combines, architecture, planning and technology.
Transit-Oriented Development In The U.S.
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.
Federal Funding's Late Arrival Chokes Transit
As White House and Congress bargain, Michigan service faces retreat
Chicago's Tollway Improvement Plan Is Pricey
A proposed plan in Illinois would double fares for drivers who don't use an electronic toll collection program.
A Blend of Historic and Contemporary Design in Dresden
Infamously bombed by the Allies in World War II, then occupied by Communists, Dresden seeks to reclaim its architectural legacy.
Let A Thousand Reactors Bloom
China gears up to build new, smaller nuclear plants to solve its growing energy needs.
ITS: 'We Could Be Doing Much Better'
Why has so much investment in ITS technology produced so little progress in terms of improved system performance?
Iran's Urban Planning Rapper
Shahkar Binesh-Pajouh has a doctorate in urban planning and raps about the problems of poverty.
Bush's Environmental Record
Robert Kennedy Jr. accusses George W. Bush of being the "worst environmental president in nation's history."
A Successful Anti-Wal-Mart Activist
Towns hire Albert Norman to help keep out Wal-Mart.
Millennium Park -- After The Hype
Millennium Park - it's big, it's pretty; it's wildly popular. Does it make any difference?
Milwaukee's Architecture And Aesthetics
Whitney Gould, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel urban spaces columnist, answers questions from readers.
Taxi Tips For Republicans In New York
All you've ever wanted to know about New York City cabs.
Friday Funny: Splatometers
Splatometers reveal a possible insect decline in the U.K.
Amsterdam Canal Plan Sparks Controversy
Amsterdam debates whether to reopen canals that were paved more than 100 years ago.
Urban Markup Language
If you know the lingo, you can visualize the dense architecture that sprawls beneath our streets.
Urbanism In A Big Box
Madison's Urban Design Commission makes a surprising recommendation.
One Hundred Miles
County of Mendocino
planning NEXT
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
