The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Pod Sweet Pod
A new exhibition asks whether top designers can rescue manufactured housing from the public's disdain.
Seattle's Monorail: An Indecent Proposal?
Would you pay $6 billion for a 13-stop system?
America's Public Finances Cause Worry Abroad
If something major isn't done soon to solve the United States' intractable budget problems, the world will face an economic shakeup unlike anything ever seen before.
Don't Drink The Water
The Washington, D.C. sewer system –- which will eventually outsize its subway system -– needs a little work.
L.A.'s 'Secret Search' For A Planning Director?
Hardly anyone knows that the second largest city in the nation is seeking a new planning director.
Build West, My Son
Washington suburb is opened to unrestricted development.
And Then There Were Three
D.C. Sports Commission names three finalists in baseball stadium design competition.
'Place-Based' Governance Needed for Canadian Cities
Today's public policy issues are playing out in cities; yet Canada's three levels of government have not made much progress toward adapting their programs and delivery mechanisms to this new reality.
Friday Funny: Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Transit Funding
Minnesota is reluctance to request more interstate funding.
The Popularity of Community Gardens
The community garden concept is so popular in Southern California that some wait over a year for membership.
Greening Cairo's Historic Core
Cairo's historic core has a new park.
Geophysical Changes From Indonesian Earthquake
Scientific American examines the long-term geophysical changes caused by the earthquake that spawned the deadly Indonesian tsunami.
Reclaiming The Urban Landscape
A century after Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architects are resuming their role in giving shape to cities.
What Makes A Good Town Square?
Author Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard offers an online excerpt and summary of her book, "Genius of the European Town Square."
Land Use Trumps Transportation
The only real solution to traffic congestion is "fundamental Change in human settlement patterns."
Is It Time To End Amtrak Subsidies?
Columnist James K. Glassman wonders why it has taken so long to conclude that Amtrak subsidies should end.
Landmark Vancouver Market Under Pressure To Change
Vancouver's Granville Island Market, once the highest-grossing retail space per square foot in North America, faces a declining share of area food sales
You Say Tomato, I Say Hidden Costs Of Transportation
Locally grown food is greener than organic alternatives, according to a British study.
To Log Or Not To Log Forests?
Environmentalists split over whether logging is good for forests.
Architectural Photographer Julius Shulman Profiled
Shulman's stunning photographs of West Coast Modernist architecture introduced it to the rest of the world.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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