The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

An experiment in urban planning is underway in Atlanta -- a massive plan to integrate transit and telecommunications.

October 7 - National Real Estate Investor

A five-year study finds that two chemical companies near Houston have been releasing benzene into the air.

October 7 - The Houston Chronicle

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is sued for having worst environmental record of any state agency.

October 7 - The Boston Globe

An exhibition of the work of architect Cesar Pelli features many tall buildings including the world's tallest buildings - the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.

October 6 - The Washington Post

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report on the health of the Great Lakes. The study examined 33 environmental factors.

October 6 - Gazette Extra

The Colorado Legislature is on the verge of passing a historic package of "smart growth" measures.

October 6 - The Denver Post

Environmentalists and coastal management experts are calling attention to the negative impacts of urban growth and polluted runoff in coastal areas.

October 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Environmentalists are working to prevent further damage to the area affected by the oil leak, which was a result of a bullet.

October 6 - The Houston Chronicle

University of Kentucky study examines how it costs residents of a county if new residents move in.

October 5 - Kentucky Post

when New York's World Trade Center towers collapsed, a siesmic station recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.1 and 2.3. This analysis examines how gravity contributed to the collapse of the towers.

October 5 - MSNBC

Remembering the World Trade Center towers, their place in the Manhattan skyline, and what they meant to New Yorkers.

October 5 - Newsweek

An Appeals rules that Tampa's anti-adult business zoning ordinance does not apply to Internet-based businesses.

October 5 - The New York Times

Writer David Carr is relentlessly critical of the Amtrak's new Acela train, theoretically capable of 150 mph.

October 5 - The Washington Monthly

Herbert Muschamp reviews examples of progressive architecture in New York.

October 5 - The New York Times

Part of PBS's "American Experience" series, "New York: A Documentary Film" traces the history of New York City.

October 5 - The Washington Post

The impact Of the Earned Income Tax Credit In U.S. metropolitan areas.

October 5 - The Brookings Institution

How will the events of September 11 affect the national conversation about how and where we should grow?

October 5 - New Colonist

The Pew Oceans Commission is expected to report that sprawl and waste runoff are threatening the nation's East and West coasts.

October 5 - The Sacramento Bee

In a letter to the editor, a Washington Post reader says the World Trade Center towers did not have to comply with New York City building codes as they were part of a state agency-sponsored project.

October 4 - The Washington Post

In Long Island, NY, the demand for high-end million-dollar homes continues in a slowing economy.

October 4 - The New York Times