The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Reshaping Downtown New York
A planning coalition offers suggestion for reshaping downtown New York.
Slavery Museum Vision Clouded By Commercialization
Former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder's plan to build a national slavery museum is facing issues of siting and commercialization.
Festival Draws Participation Of Children In Planning
The Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association recently cosponsored a "box city festival" in Cedar Rapids where children participated in the development of a city, including obtaining necessary permits for construction.
Transit Roundabout Trend Is A Nightmare
Transportation planners across the U.S. are replacing stop signs with roundabouts designed to slow drivers. The impact is precisely the opposite.
Myths Of Urban Infill Housing
Many of the challenges that urban infill housing presents are myths
San Francisco Cracks Down On Homeless
Proposed ordinances in San Francisco are a result of the city's "growing impatience" with people living in the streets.
Will Commercialization Ruin Slavery Museum Vision?
Commercialization is at issue in implementing former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder's vision of a national slavery museum.
Des Plaines, IL. May Embrace 'Main Street' Concept
Des Plaines, IL, may rebuild part of its downtown with a "Main Street" feel.
Columbus Downtown Mall In Trouble
Experts say without major changes, City Center, the 12-year old downtown mall in Columbus, OH, will die a slow death.
Revolutionary Public Transit System To Be Launched
The Urban Light Transport system is a revolutionary idea in public transportation .
How Far Would You Go To Stop Sprawl?
A massive $185 million deal would put forestland twice the size of Seattle off-limits to development. But there's a catch. A big one.
Dr. Gridlock: More Car-Free Communities
Readers share their experiences living in car-free communities.
The Century Of The Environment
Edward O. Wilson argues in his new book, The Future of Life, that we have entered the Century of the Environment.
Smart Growth: Suburbia Revisited
Rail station areas in suburbia and the inner ring are attracting higher-density residential developments in small, citylike environments.
Decline Challenges Philadelphia Leadership
The radical annexation by Philadelphia of its surrounding county in 1854 occurred under conditions remarkably like today.
Those Pesky Sprawl Definitions
Defining "urban sprawl" is an apparent inconvenience but that doesn't stop growth control advocates from restricting housing choice.
Train Stations Transform Urban Design
New train stations across Europe and East Asia are transforming cities.
Proposals For Ground Zero
How do you both foster economic development and honor those lost in the terrorist attack?
Should Mines Be Allowed Underneath Wilderness Zones?
Originally intended to encourage Western Development, the 1872 Mining Act, has become a lucrative giveaway to Corporate Interests.
Bridge In Troubled Water
Maryland's new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is threatened by a rising price tag.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
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.
