The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Steering Committee of Planners Network suggests how the New Orleans planning and rebuilding process can create a more equitable, healthy, and just city.

September 27 - Planners Network

New studies and technologies are causing an important shift in the federal government's thinking about fuel economy rules for SUVs and pickups.

September 27 - The Wall Street Journal

New Orleans can learn from Curitiba, Brazil, which turned its fortunes around with an innovative public transit system and by treating the poor with dignity.

September 27 - Michael Dudley

An investigation of compact and transit-oriented development in Texas, California, Oregon, Maryland and Massachusetts suggests serious challenges ahead for density in America, writes Anthony Flint in a working paper for Lincoln.

September 27 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

A grass-roots campaign has started among the displaced citizens of New Orleans that opposes the onslaught of planners and developers wanting to rebuild the city.

September 27 - Open Source Radio

A special report on the First International Congress of the Council for European Urbanism held in Berlin, 8-10 September 2005.

September 27 - INTBAU News

Experts predict an 80% chance of a major earthquake (seven or higher on the Richter scale) in Los Angeles that would kill up to 18,000 people. California looks better-prepared that Louisiana, but is it?

September 27 - The Economist

According to metereologists we may be heading for a new era of severe Atlantic storms. Coastal communities face six crucial questions.

September 26 - The New York Times

A Los Angeles Times editorial comes out against using mega-tunnels to solve Los Angeles' traffic woes.

September 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Princeville, NC, is a rural town ravaged by floods throughout the 20th century. Their experiences with natural disasters provides a perspective of what can happen next in New Orleans and other towns near the Gulf.

September 26 - Greensboro News and Record

Small networks of power generators in "microgrids" have the potential to enable communities manage, trade and sell their own power.

September 26 - BBC

A New York Times analysis comparing the costs and benefits of owning versus renting a home turned up surprising results.

September 26 - The New York Times

Many historic architectural details -- shutters, for example -- work because they were honed by time and experience. Why do so many architects and developers ignore these simple and elegant architectural details?

September 26 - Bloomberg News

The prescription for future development at Ground Zero should draw on the proven lessons of what has evolved over time in the lower Manhattan neighborhoods that border the site.

September 26 - Elm Street Writers Group

It's likely that much of New Orleans will be rebuilt by Latino immigrants -- many of them in the United States illegally. Many of this new workforce will remain in La Nueva Orleans.

September 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Steve Davies argues that public markets are making a comeback and that America's future may be small vendors as much as big boxes.

September 26 - Project For Public Spaces

FEATURE

September 26 - Jason Henderson

Artists visit farms across the Pacific Northwest to tell the story of farmers' sustainable land practices and eco-friendly farming through photography, painting, and sculpture.

September 25 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Police Department offices claim to have observered police cars from suburban police departments 'dump' homeless people in downtown Los Angeles.

September 25 - The Los Angeles Times

California politician Nancy Pelosi begins a remarkable trend by offering to give the $70 million earmarked for San Francisco transportation to the Katrina appropriations fund.

September 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle