The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
TODs Go Mainstream?
<p>With the Wall Street Journal weighing in on transit-oriented development, has the movement that ties intensive, mixed land uses to transportation activity nodes finally reached the mainstream?</p>
How Planners Are Creating Clumsy Kids
<p>A recent study on childhood development in compact cities calls on planners to consider the needs of children when making plans to avoid not giving children enough places to play. Children's motor skills are negatively affected, making them clumsy.</p>
Planners Largely Absent From '100 Most Influential Americans' List
<p><em>The Atlantic</em> magazine has released its list of the top 100 most influential figures in American history. The field of planning is sparingly represented.</p>
For Sale: The Pennsylvania Turnpike
<p>To cure the woes facing Pennsylvania's crumbling roads and bridges, Governor Rendell is putting the Pennsylvania Turnpike up for sale or rent.</p>
High-Tech Bathrooms For Bar Streets
<p>The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is evaluating a European designed public urinal to cope with the problem of night time public urination.</p>
Economic Development Incentives Aren't City Friendly In Michigan
<p>A new report concludes that economic incentives provided by the State of Michigan to foster job growth hurt cities by creating jobs in outlying areas.</p>
Can Oakland Lead The Green Economy?
<p>Oakland's new progressive mayor and the Oakland Apollo Alliance are working to turn that city's fortunes around through "green collar" jobs and "green enterprise zones".</p>
Will Insurance Become A Catalyst For Land Use Reform?
<p>Blaming an increasing degree of risk due to climate change, insurance companies are ending the practice of providing flood insurance in many coastal areas, triggering a potentially enormous effect on housing and land use patterns.</p>
FEATURE
Pedestrians Lost In The New Suburbia
A resident of a touted New Urbanist development in San Diego, California, comments on its failure as a walkable community.
California Land Use Law Expert Passes Away
<p>Daniel J. Curtin Jr., a former Walnut Creek city attorney who was known as the dean of California land use law, died this week at 73.</p>
Coming Home To Your Old Workplace
<p>Some of the former employees who used to work in government offices in a Brooklyn landmark are now coming home to one of the condominiums in the newly converted building.</p>
An Urban Loft In The Suburbs
<p>Want a house with urban feel without the urban strife? Developers are building new loft projects outside of big-city downtowns that cater to people who want loft living but prefer a more suburban life.</p>
Hollywood's Latest Foray With Urban Planning
<p>A new film centers on the efforts of one determined inner-city resident to confront the architect who designed the low-income housing project she lives in with her family.</p>
Public Space vs. Political and Ideological Space
<p>A comment on how public spaces are often overrun with political and ideological actions, reducing the equity of the daily user leading to confrontations and chaos in India.</p>
Changing Auto Industry Links The Fates Of Two Towns
<p>While Rustbelt cities cope with job losses at ailing U.S. auto makers, the south is benefiting from Asian auto makers' success.</p>
Hispanic Immigrants Leading Carpool Resurgence
<p>A report from the Transportation Research Board shows that Hispanic immigrants are largely responsible for an up-tick in carpooling in Atlanta, Georgia.</p>
Are Hybrid Car Sales Headed For A Crash?
<p>With gas prices falling and the amount of federal tax credits dwindling, sales of hybrid cars have hit a downward slide.</p>
Taking The Pulse Of Middle Market Neighborhoods
<p>Policymakers in Memphis, Tennessee, are taking a closer look at the housing market in middle-income neighborhoods that are increasingly destabilizing due to neglect.</p>
Public Transit Vital For Future Of The U.S.
<p>In the second of his two op-eds on the future of transportation in the United States, columnist Neal Peirce looks at the role of public transit.</p>
Interstate Bridge In Atlanta Remade Into Pedestrian-Friendly Mini-Park
<p>Known mostly for paving over everything in sight, the Georgia Department of Transportation has surprised its critics by spending $10 million to retrofit an interstate bridge into a mini-park connecting the Georgia Tech campus.</p>
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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