The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Friday Funny: London Underground Games
Build your own London Underground Tube line and race trains.
Twin Cities Buildings That Were Never Built
An architecture firm's website tracks 'phantom projects' -- unrealized dreams -- in the Twin Cities.
Facts About Homelessness In Los Angeles
One part of a series, this four-page publication provides a summary of recent statistics about homelessness in Los Angeles.
Design Excellence Makes Good Business Sense
The annual Commerce Design Montréal competition, demonstrates that design and business can succede together.
How Policies Promote Sprawl
Residents of sprawling far-flung developments pay for attractive housing prices with long commutes.
Polluting The Village To Save It?
Will the need for military readiness trump decades of environmental protections?
Bush vs. Kerry, Wal-Mart vs. Costco
Daniel Gross compares retail giants Costco and Wal-mart with John Kerry and George W. Bush.
Developer Profile: Pres Kabacoff
The Urban Land Institute profiles Pre Kabacoff, New Orleans-based developer that specializes in breathing new life into abandoned, historic neighborhoods.
Salt Lake City Light Rail Extension Cost Surprises Council
City Council debates benefit of light rail extension to tie intermodal hub into the rest of the light rail system.
Where There's a Will, There's a Waterway
Efforts are being made to preserve and protect navigable canals in Bangkok from falling victim to haphazard development and pollution.
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The Price of Non Interoperability: $15.8 Billion per Year
<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20040812-cost-grid.jpg" align="right" alt="AEC Cost Grid" /> The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) commissioned a study to estimate the efficiency losses resulting from inadequate interoperability among computer-aided design, engineering, and software systems in the U.S. capital facilities industry (In 2002, the nation set in place $374 billion in new construction on capital facilities (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004b)).<br /> <br /> Now there's apparently a precise measure of the waste caused by fragmentation of IT systems.
Return From Near-Death Experience
Developers rescue two historic buildings in Center City Philadelphia from dereliction
A New Twist In The Wal-Mart Wars
In a nod to small retailers, Los Angeles will make it much harder for 'big box' stores to expand.
Kerry Offers To Boost National Parks Funding
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry criticized President Bush for neglecting nations's national
Cabs and Public Transit
City plans to launch a temporary low-cost voucher program for cab rides to compensate for the need for more public transit in the area.
Duany: The Celebration Controversies
Guest essayist Andres Duany discusses the evidence for and against Celebration in Florida.
Who Should Pay For The Bay Bridge?
As construction costs increase to $5 billion to rebuild the quake-damaged Bay Bridge, should all of California chip in?
The High Line: Creative Ideas, Startling Results
Architects design a startling new public park in Manhattan two stories above street-level on a section of an abandoned elevated freight track.
Selling The Rust Belt Short
An editorial by Bruce Katz and Mark Muro urges presidential candidates to discuss the Rust Belt's struggling cities and metro areas.
Forty Years Of The Wilderness Act
Is the Wilderness Act which protects 106 million acres in the nation still relevant today?
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
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
